DLP Report
PESHAWAR
Awami National Party (ANP) Provincial President Mian Iftikhar Hussain has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on police personnel in Darboz area of Kohat, expressing profound grief and sorrow over the martyrdom of 10 policemen, including DSP Gambat Haider Zaman and Sub-Inspector Mukhtiar.
In a statement issued here, Mian Iftikhar Hussain prayed for the highest ranks in Jannah for the martyrs and patience for their bereaved families.
He said the repeated martyrdom of police personnel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was clear evidence of the government’s failure to control terrorism. “Police funerals are being held almost every day in the province, but the question is: how long will this continue?” he asked.
Questioning the effectiveness of Governor’s Rule and the imposition of an emergency, he asked where the government and those responsible for maintaining law and order had disappeared. He questioned whether these measures were merely intended to mislead the public and conceal the government’s failures.
The ANP provincial president said Governor’s Rule and the emergency had been justified on the grounds of eliminating terrorism and restoring peace, but the public had every right to ask what practical progress had been made towards achieving these objectives.
He questioned how many terrorists had been brought to justice and said that if the authorities were genuinely committed to eliminating terrorism, decisive action would have been taken against terrorists, their facilitators and those responsible for bringing them back and resettling them in the province.
Mian Iftikhar Hussain said the establishment of peace in KP had never appeared to be a priority for the ruling authorities, adding that the current situation offered little evidence of a serious commitment to this objective.
He regretted that instead of taking decisive action against terrorists, authorities were carrying out operations against plazas and buildings. He questioned when action would be taken against terrorists, their facilitators and their patrons.
He said the public was not concerned with action against buildings but wanted an end to terrorism and effective protection of their lives and property.
Addressing the federal government, he asked what response it had to offer when terrorists were openly targeting police personnel and citizens were living in an atmosphere of fear and insecurity.
The ANP leader demanded an end to what he described as the government’s treatment of the people of KP, calling for a clear, serious and decisive strategy to eliminate terrorism, indiscriminate action against terrorists and their facilitators, and the establishment of lasting peace in the province.
