ISLAMABAD
\nPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has slammed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for skipping an apex committee meeting held to discuss the recent upsurge in terrorist incidents across the country.
\n\u201cAfter Peshawar incident, I invited all political stakeholders\u2026 but they [PTI] did not consider it appropriate to participate in the huddle and they are still trying to resolve matters on streets,\u201d he said while addressing the huddle on Friday.
\nThe top civil and military leadership of the country attended the meeting.
\nAlthough the prime minister did not take name of any political party, he was referring to the PTI which kicked off a \u2018court arrests\u2019 movement earlier this week against the coalition government.
\n\u201cFor the sake of prosperity, we must sit down and resolve the matter amicably but unfortunately one segment is still trying to sabotage the matters, which is condemnable,\u201d he added.
\n\u201cIf we want to make Pakistan an economic tiger then we must rise above personal likes and dislikes,\u201d he added.
\nPM Shehbaz said his government\u2019s coalition partners put their political capital at stake for the sake of state.
\nHe told the participants that after a terrorist attack in Peshawar on February 3, the civil and military authorities had held a seven-hour long session and took several decisions.
\nThe prime minister said during an attack on the Karachi police office last week, the personnel of Sindh police, Rangers and Pakistan Army bravely fought the terrorists. He also prayed for high ranks in the paradise for the soldiers martyred during the operation.
\nThe prime minister said after the terrorist attack on the Army Public School of Peshawar, the national leadership had formulated a National Action Plan (NAP).
\nThe prime minister said Pakistan currently faced economic challenges and expressed the hope that the situation would improve after the matters with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were finalised in near future.
\nHe maintained that though the government was compelled to accept strict IMF conditions, the state of Pakistan was above all. Even the government\u2019s coalition parties also put their political interests at stake for the sake of the country and to improve the economic situation.
\nHe said that cooperation by the friendly countries was no less than Allah\u2019s blessing, but the foremost priority should be to put our own house in order otherwise no one would come up to help.
\n\u201cPakistan is facing economic challenges\u2026 we will soon reach an agreement with the IMF but we were compelled to accept tough conditions,\u201d the premier said.
\nHe also emphasised the need for political stability to put the country on the path of development.
\nThe premier also hailed law enforcement agencies and Pakistan Army for rendering sacrifices to eliminate terrorism from the country.
\nHe recalled that Pakistan had sacrificed around 83,000 lives of its soldiers, politicians, and their families, and common citizens to restore the \u201cpeace for the world.\u201d
\nChief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir and DG ISI Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum met PM Shehbaz at Prime Minister House in Islamabad ahead of the apex committee meeting.
\nThe overall security situation of the country and ongoing operation against terrorism was discussed in the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has slammed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for skipping an apex committee meeting held to discuss the recent upsurge in terrorist incidents across the country. \u201cAfter Peshawar incident, I invited all political stakeholders\u2026 but they [PTI] did not consider it appropriate to participate in the huddle and they are still trying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-315816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n