ISLAMABAD The National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta) would be reorganized along contemporary lines, according to Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s statement on Wednesday.
Speaking during a crucial meeting held at the Nacta headquarters, Mr. Naqvi stated that the authority will take the lead in the fight against terrorism and that it will be reorganized to accomplish this goal.
During the meeting, the minister was given an overview of the authority’s operations by Rai Tahir, the national coordinator of Nacta.
The minister called a meeting of the coordination committee for next week and emphasized the necessity of completing the National Action Plan (NAP) implementation at all costs.
Following stakeholder input, Nacta developed a 20-point National Action Plan to combat terrorism and extremism, which the parliament passed on December 24, 2014.
The Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar was the target of a horrific terrorist attack, which prompted the decision.
In response to recent terrorist attacks in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which included an attack on a security checkpoint in the Mir Ali neighborhood of the North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that claimed the lives of seven Pakistan Army soldiers, the interior minister decided to implement the National Action Plan (NAP).
During the conference, Mr. Naqvi was cited as saying, “The federal government will implement the National Action Plan (NAP) at any cost to counter terrorism.”
The interior minister will preside over a meeting of the NAP coordination committee that is scheduled for next week to review the plan’s implementation status.
“Taking action after every terrorist incident is not as important as taking preemptive measures to eliminate terrorists and their facilitators,” stated the interior minister.
He called for a thorough report on each province’s counterterrorism department’s (CTDs) capabilities.
The minister stated that action must be taken to combat terrorism. He said that a thorough plan would be developed to eradicate extremism and terrorism.
