ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday called for seamless coordination between law enforcement agencies and the federal and provincial government to achieve optimum results against extremism and terrorism.
Sharif was chairing a meeting at the PM house to review the internal security situation and review the implementation of National Action Plan, a day after a deadly suicide bombing at a hospital in Quetta killed over 70 and left more a hundred people injured.
During the meeting, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and National Security Advisor Lt-Gen (retd) Nasir Khan Janjua briefed the prime minister on how terrorist organisations were attacking soft targets.
According to a statement from the PM House, the meeting discussed at length the internal security situation of the country and different aspects of the National Action Plan.
The meeting observed that, after achieving successful results from operation Zarb-e-Azb in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), terrorists have now shifted their targets from state institutions merely out of desperation.
"We are in a state of war with an ideology that wants to change our way of life," said PM Nawaz Sharif.
He said the government was committed to take all necessary steps to ensure that the blood spilled in the carnage in Quetta does not go to waste.
He emphasised seamless coordination between law enforcement agencies as well as among the provincial governments and the federal government to achieve optimum results within a short period of time.
The prime minister expressed his resolve to secure Pakistan from terrorism and extremism.
He said the country had embarked upon the right track and would enable every citizen to reap the benefits of a secure, stable, and prosperous Pakistan.
"Terrorists believed they could sow seeds of disharmony and disunity in the nation. The nation is united and supports the government to stay on the course of completely eliminating terrorists from Pakistani society," he said.
Sharif decided to call for a broader meeting on Wednesday for detailed discussions on NAP.
The meeting was also attended by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Sartaj Aziz, Tariq Fatemi, and other senior government officials.