Punjab to seek Rangers’ help in countering terrorism

By
Raees Ansari
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LAHORE: Punjab will seek Rangers’ help in countering terrorists, an apex committee headed by Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif decided on Sunday.

Among the many important decisions taken in the provincial apex committee session, it was decided that relentless operations will be conducted against terrorists and their facilitators.

Those sheltering terrorists and their facilitators will not be spared. All important and not so important workers of banned organisations will be arrested, it was decided in the meeting.

The exact procedure on how to utilise the Rangers’ help in countering terrorists will be laid out later.

CM Shehbaz Sharif, addressing the session, vowed to “root out all terrorists and their facilitators from the Pakistani soil.”

“The entire nation is united on the war against terrorism. These terrorists are a scourge on our home soil, and we will root them out,” the chief minister said.

The civil and military leaders attending the session offered fatiha for the martyrs of the deadly blasts which hit the country over the past week and expressed solidarity with the injured and families of the victims.

The officials also expressed concern on the use of Afghan soil by terrorists to orchestrate attacks in Pakistan.

The session was attended by National Security Advisor Lieutenant General (retd) Nasir Janjua, Corps Commander Lahore Lieutenant General Sadiq Ali, Provincial Minister for Anti-Terrorism Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Mohammad Ayub, Director General of Punjab Rangers Major General Azhar Naveed Hayat, GOC 10 Division Major General Sardar Tariq Aman, Chief Secretary, IG Punjab and other civil and military officials.