Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani told Senate that the government would shortly devise a national policy on terrorism after consultation with all political forces.
“We will do our homework first. We will meet political leaders separately to make the policy of national level,” the Prime Minister told the House responding to the points raised Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz member Raja Zafarul Haq. He said PML-N leader Mian Nawaz Sharif had also discussed incidents of terrorism in Balochistan, Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa and target killings in Karachi and suggested national conference to devise a strategy for country’s deliverance from this menace. “This is not sole responsibility of a single party or the government. This is for the country. Terrorism is hitting national economy, besides other losses to society and infrastructure,” Gilani said. Criticising the United Kingdom prime minister’s statement against Pakistan while being in India, the prime minister said the combined forces of NATO could not bring peace in Afghanistan and the sacrifices rendered by them are far lesser than those of Pakistan’s armed forces personnel. “They should assist for capacity building of our law enforcement agencies. Such a criticism would cast negative impact on war on terror,” said the prime minister. Earlier, Raja Zafarul Haq stressed the need for national strategy to counter terrorism and added that terrorism policy should be reviewed.
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