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Shehbaz Sharif said PTI is not a political party but a gang of miscreants. He urged the civil and military leadership to strategize to avoid a repeat of PTI’s attack on Islamabad. Federal Anti-Riot Force to be set up. Federal government is seriously considering imposing Governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Aqeel Malik

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday ordered the setting up of a task force headed by Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi to identify those involved in spreading chaos and violence in Islamabad earlier this week and take strict action against them. 

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Law and Justice Minister Azam Nazir Tarar, Minister for Economic Affairs Division Ahad Khan Cheema, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar and representatives of security forces will be members of the task force.

Chairing a high-level meeting to review the law and order situation, the Prime Minister also decided to set up a Federal Law Control Force to prevent future attempts to spread chaos and violence in the country.

This force will be professionally trained as per international standards and equipped with necessary equipment. Besides, the meeting also decided to set up a Federal Forensic Lab which will use modern technology to investigate such incidents and collect evidence.

 

Apart from strengthening the Federal Prosecution Service, it was also decided to modernize the Islamabad Safe City project. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pointed out that Pakistan is moving towards stability and development, adding that the enemies of the country’s development will never succeed in their nefarious intentions. He said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is a land of brave and proud people. “The handful of obstacles do not represent the honorable and dignified Pashtun community,” the Prime Minister said, adding that the aggression of November 24 was rejected by the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and all Pakistanis.

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He stressed that it is everyone’s responsibility to stop such nefarious efforts to protect the country and its economic and national security.

‘Pakistan’s image tarnished everywhere’

In addition, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday urged the country’s civil and military leadership to devise a strategy to prevent a repeat of the PTI’s attack on Islamabad, which aims to sabotage the hard-won peace and economic stability.

Pakistan’s image has been tarnished everywhere. This is the third to fourth attack on the federal capital by the PTI in the last eight months. Before 2014, there was no concept of such nefarious acts and designs. "It started with a 126-day long sit-in in 2014 that damaged the economy and the country's image," the prime minister said. The meeting was attended by members of the federal cabinet, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir, along with other senior government officials and officers of law enforcement agencies. Terming the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf as a "movement of nearness", the prime minister rebuked its leadership for repeatedly sabotaging the hard-won peace, economic stability and heavy foreign investment in the federal capital. The country

 

“The national economy has once again suffered a major setback as according to a conservative estimate, such protests are costing the national economy Rs190 billion per day. The impact on exports, imports, production, services, private businesses, government and private offices is huge,” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said.

He reiterated that a mob from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) attacked the federal capital with all the public resources of the KP provincial government, firing on law enforcement agencies, injuring people and damaging infrastructure in the capital. If the enemies of the country are bent on sabotaging the peace and prosperity of the country. Will we lie down like a lame duck and allow them to get away with everything? This should be the last thing we should imagine in our distant imagination. We should make every effort to thwart such nefarious designs to harm the nation because these opportunities do not come again,” the Prime Minister said.

He said that the P The TI-led government has to reduce inflation from 32% to 7%, policy rate from 22% to 15% and friendly countries are interested in investing in Pakistan because the party only wants to take everything back. The senior leadership of the federal government, COAS and their entire team are here. Time and tide wait for no one. This (PTI) is not a political party but a group of instigators and saboteurs and miscreants against whom action should be taken as per the law.

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It is our national duty to expose them and if this is not done, history will judge us in a very bad light and future generations will not forgive us,” the prime minister said. Terming KP as a “beautiful” province, its people are very brave, strong and patriotic, he stressed on focusing on developmental measures for them.

He said that the recent killings in KP’s Parachinar city were a covert move to undermine the peace of the country but it was painful to see the KP government’s indifference to the situation.

 

He said that a policeman and four Rangers personnel were martyred while dozens of police officers and constables were injured in violence by a group of PTI miscreants in Islamabad.

The Prime Minister reiterated that the visit of the Chinese President was postponed due to the PTI’s 126-day sit-in in 2014 and was rescheduled after 7 months in April 2015 after numerous attempts.

The Prime Minister also recalled the PTI’s attempts to sabotage the SCO conference held in Islamabad and damage Pakistan-Saudi brotherly relations through baseless propaganda by the party leadership.

He said that the latest PTI protest failed to impact the visit of the Belarusian President as the foreign dignitary successfully completed his three-day visit and also attended the lunch hosted by Nawaz Sharif in Murree.

Noting the participation of the Rangers personnel who were martyred while controlling the violence of saboteurs at the GHQ in the funeral prayers, the Prime Minister thanked Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Secretary Home, IG Islamabad Police and LEA as well as the Chief Justice. Ministers from Sindh and Punjab supported the federal government in dealing with the violence.

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Highlighting the government’s achievements on the economic front, he said that indicators are gradually improving and macroeconomic stability is being seen in the economy as the Pakistan Stock Exchange crossed its highest ever trading volume which was earlier achieved during the Nawaz Sharif government.

The participants of the meeting also offered Fateha led by the COAS for the security personnel who were martyred during the PTI protests.

Meanwhile, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Law and Justice Barrister Aqeel Malik while talking to The Nation said that the federal government is seriously considering imposing Governor’s Rule in KP for sixty days.

Mr. Malik said that the government’s allies are being taken into confidence on the matter.

He also said that if the KP Assembly does not pass the resolution, the federal government can call a joint session of parliament to approve Governor’s rule in KP and this option is being seriously considered. He revealed that in the meeting chaired by the Prime Minister yesterday, the participants were in agreement on the recommendation of Governor’s rule in KP, but he added that all legal aspects and the consent of allies will be obtained before taking a final decision.