Says government wanted to bring stability to in KP through public welfare projects
ISLAMABAD
Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif has said Afghanistan is our neighboring country but it has not accorded any respect to our hospitality.
Afghanistan will have to decide now either it wants to live peacefully or other wise, PM said this while addressing participants of a KP security workshop in Islamabad earlier Tuesday
The terrorism declined remarkably due to our sacrifices in 2018. This menace resurged due to some factors, he added. It was decided following ASP incident to end distinction between good and bad Taliban . .
About one lac Pakistanis including people, armed forces and police were martyred.
The terrorism scourge re-emerged after 2018 due to release of terrorists in Swat and settling people from Afghanistan in Pakistan.
About unprovoked Indian aggression during last year, the Prime Minister mentioned that Pakistan immediately retaliated in its own defence and shot down seven aircraft of the enemy.
The Prime Minister said under the leadership of Field Marshal Syed Asif Munir, the Pakistani army taught the enemy a lesson that they would remember forever.
Moving on to the differences of KP government with the Centre, the premier said he had called KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi to congratulate him on assuming office, and the latter had expressed gratitude in response but did not make contact again.
He said that the government wanted to bring stability to the province through public welfare projects. Development work was under way in the sectors of education, health and infrastructure, the premier concluded.
It is worth mentioning that relentless counter terrorism campaign under vision “Azm e Istehkam” by security forces and law enforcement agencies of Pakistan is underway to wipe out the menace of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country.
The Prime Minister said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is strategically important province of Pakistan, which remained at the forefront in the war against terrorism.
He said the people of the province and security forces rendered matchless sacrifices in this war.
Shehbaz Sharif said during the Afghan war, people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa welcomed their Afghan brothers and sisters with open hearts and it was not small feat to host four million Afghan people.
Turning to the economic situation of the country, he said we have achieved macro-economic stability and now we are heading to enhance our growth rate in diverse fields including agriculture, trade, exports and Information Technology.
Mentioning the NFC Award, Shehbaz said in 2010 Punjab took the lead and all other provinces gave their share amounting to one percent to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in recognition of its sacrifices in the war against terrorism.
About unprovoked Indian aggression during last year, the Prime Minister mentioned that Pakistan immediately retaliated in its own defence and shot down seven aircraft of the enemy.
The Prime Minister said under the leadership of Field Marshal Syed Asif Munir, the Pakistani army taught the enemy a lesson that they would remember forever.
The Prime Minister, regretting the malicious propaganda against the armed forces backed by foreign countries on social media, expressed his commitment to defeat all such nefarious designs.
He held green passport earned respect after Pakistan-India war in May. The country is heading fast towards economic development.
He ruled out the notion that any cold war is underway between federation and KP.
Terrorism related incident take place every day in the country.
He said regretfully that propaganda against martyrs and cooperation with anti Pakistan elements is continuing on social media.
He hoped Pakistan will soon gain its real identification and standing in the comity of nations.
