Prime minister says state won\u2019t accept those elements who were supporting terrorists and armed militants
\nLahore
\nCaretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar Monday slammed \u201celements\u201d who were backing armed militants under the guise of supporting Baloch protesters \u2014 who were subjected to police brutality in Islamabad.
\nThe prime minister\u2019s comments during a press conference in Lahore as Baloch families protest in Balochistan against \u201cextra-judicial killings\u201d and enforced disappearances.
\nPM Kakar asserted that the state won\u2019t accept those elements who were supporting terrorists and armed militants involved in the killing of Balochistan people including doctors, lawyers, and teachers.
\nPM Kakar, referring to criticism by a section of media, said that the protest of the Baloch families in Islamabad was being painted wrongly and in sharp contrast to realities as the Baloch people stood with the state.
\nThe premier said that there was no restriction on freedom of expression and every citizen has the right to protest within constitutional limits. \u201cThe families have the right to protest for their beloved ones but others are just launching baseless criticism.\u201d
\nHe, however, the state won\u2019t allow elements backing and spreading the narrative of militants and terrorists. The prime minister added that it was not his mandate to respond to those criticising him on social media.
\n\u201cThose who want to support them [armed militants] should join the camp of the militant outfits who termed terrorism as a movement,\u201d he added.
\nHe said that the terrorists in Balochistan had been receiving funding from the Indian spy agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), and killing people in Balochistan.
\nThe caretaker prime minister said that about 90,000 people had been killed in the fight against terrorism but hardly any nine accused had been convicted so far.
\nThe prime minister opined that the criminal justice system in the country required improvement.
\nAnswering a question, PM Kakar said that the firing incident in Dera Ismail Khan over vehicles of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) supremo Maulana Fazlur Rehman was alarming.
\nHe added that the government was responding to security threats in the southern parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with all the available resources.
\nHe vowed that all the resources and security apparatus would be utilised to ensure the holding of general elections peacefully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prime minister says state won\u2019t accept those elements who were supporting terrorists and armed militants Lahore Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar Monday slammed \u201celements\u201d who were backing armed militants under the guise of supporting Baloch protesters \u2014 who were subjected to police brutality in Islamabad. The prime minister\u2019s comments during a press conference in Lahore […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-378074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n