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Kabul: Pakistan plans to launch a new nationwide operation to root out militants and terror groups, the country’s national security committee has said, as the country already facing full-blown economic and political crises.
“The meeting agreed to launch an all-out comprehensive operation with the entire nation and the government, which will rid the country of the menace of terrorism with renewed vigour and determination,” the security committee said in a statement on Friday.
Pakistan has seen a rise in attacks by militants in the last few months, particularly since negotiations with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan [or TTP] broke down last year.
The security committee said it held a meeting on Friday chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and attended by the country’s military leadership, and formed a committee to make recommendations regarding the details of the anti-terror operations within two weeks.
The meeting was summoned by Sharif a day after he and his allies held a parliamentary vote to reject a Supreme Court order to hold provincial polls next month.
The government has maintained that the worsening security situation means the provincial elections would have to be delayed.
