- Nacta will fight firmly in the war against terrorism: statement.
- The Minister of the Interior requests a detailed report on the strength of the CTDs.
- The Naqvi-led meeting renews the promise of “full implementation” of the NAP.
After back-to-back terror attacks hit parts of Pakistan, the security tsar on Wednesday took “key decisions” to counter the new wave of terrorism, including “restructuring the National Counter-Terrorism Authority (Nacta) on modern lines.”
The federal government has decided to authorize Nacta to act as a frontline institution in the fight against terrorism in the country, according to a statement read after Home Minister Mohsin Naqvi chaired a high-level meeting at the headquarters of the highest anti-terrorist authority.
Nacta will fight on the front line in the war against terrorism, according to the statement, one of the “key decisions” approved by the Minister of the Interior.
During the crucial meeting, Naqvi said that Nacta would be restructured on modern lines. Subsequently, the session of the coordination committee of the National Action Plan (PNA) has been convened next week.
“It's more important [for the government] take advanced measures to eliminate terrorists and their facilitators,” the Home Minister said, besides calling for a detailed report on the status of functioning of all provincial anti-terrorism departments (CTD).
The Home Minister noted that the federal government should take “practical steps” in the coming days as the state would not grant pardon to any terrorist group at any cost. Naqvi also called for promoting a national narrative against the “extremist ideologies of terrorists.”
In addition, a comprehensive strategy would be formulated to eradicate terrorism and extremism, in addition to ensuring the “full implementation” of the National Action Plan, an action plan established by the federal government in December 2014 to boost the anti-terrorism offensive after the deadly Army Public School (APS) Peshawar Attack.
The set of decisions was taken after Pakistan witnessed a rise in terrorist attacks, including a vicious attack on a security check post in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which resulted in the martyrdom of seven Pakistan Army soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel and a captain. as well as an attack carried out by illegal terrorists of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) on the Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) Complex today.
