PESHAWAR: In light of the escalating terrorist attacks in the area, Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur hosted Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi here on Thursday, signaling the development of a cooperative relationship between the political rivals that control the Central government and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to a statement released by the CM House, CM Gandapur stated at the meeting that KP had suffered the most during the fight against militancy and that strong measures would be done to eradicate militancy and enhance the province’s law and order situation.
Following a suicide assault in the Shangla district that claimed the lives of a Pakistani and five Chinese nationals working on the Dasu dam project, the interior minister paid a visit to the provincial capital.
In order to eradicate militancy from the province, the federal administration made the decision to expedite intelligence-based operations and enhance coordination between the KP and Center law enforcement authorities.
Interior Minister leads meeting at CTD office in Peshawar, where she talks with Chief Minister about security matters.
Senior KP police officials, representatives from the police department’s counterterrorism department (CTD), and the interior minister met and made the decision.
The interior minister was briefed on the operations being conducted against militants in the province during the meeting that took place at the CTD headquarters. Chief of KP Police Akhtar Hayat Khan was joined at the meeting by CTD officials, including Additional IG CTD Shaukat Hayat, DIG CTD Imran Shahid, and Ray Tahir, the chairman of the National Counter Terrorism Authority.
It was reported to the meeting, presided over by Mr. Naqvi, that the department was operating well.
Officials stated that the decision was made to enhance the CTD’s capacity building since it will now have access to critical data and its cyber cell will grow. The meeting was informed that the federal government will provide the CTD with full backing.
“KP is leading the charge in combating militancy,” according to sources quoting Mr. Naqvi. The data center and crime scene were among the areas of the CTD that the interior minister visited.
The interior minister and chief minister Gandapur vehemently denounced the attack on Chinese nationals and pledged to bring those responsible to justice, according to a statement released by the CM House. They also talked about the province’s current state of law and order.
The statement cited Chief Minister Gandapur as saying, “Maintaining law and order situation in the province is the provincial government’s top most priority and for this reason, the law enforcement agencies will be further strengthened.”
