LAHORE: (APP) Corps Commander Lahore Lt. Gen. Sadiq Ali called on Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif here on Friday.
The Chief Minister and the Corps Commander reviewed progress on security issues and operation “Radd-ul-Fasaad”.
They expressed satisfaction over the continued actions against terrorists and their facilitators, and reiterated their commitment to intensify operations against the terrorism until its complete eradication.
Talking on the occasion, the Chief Minister paid tribute to the sacrifices of the officers and Jawans of the armed forces in the fight against terrorism.
He said, “War against terrorism is actually the war of existence for Pakistan and incredible sacrifices of brave sons of our nation are bringing back peace to our homeland.”
Shehbaz Sharif said that the mind-set auxiliary to terrorism, extremism and sectarianism needed to be reformed as the nation had vowed to curb this scrounge of terrorism with coordinated efforts. “Pakistan army is capable of dealing with all sorts of challenges and their bravery in war against terrorism has inscribed new history,” he added.
He said that Pakistan had cherished incredible achievements in war against terrorism and it was hoped that operation “Radd-ul-Fasaad” would eliminate terrorism from the country.
He said that NAP was the guarantee of peace in Pakistan and joint decisions of political leadership and armed forces were bringing fruitful results.
He said that the world had acknowledged the great sacrifices being rendered by Pakistan in fight against terrorism and whole nation was standing firm against nefarious designs of terrorists.
He vowed that those playing with the innocent lives would be held accountable.
“We will not leave any stone unturned to defeat the conspiracies of foes with aggregate endeavors,” he added.