Pakistan’s Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Government approved better weapons and equipment for security forces of the province on Thursday, a day after a suicide bomber killed a top provincial Minister.
Provincial law and Parliamentary Minister Israrullah Gandapur and eight others were killed and over 30 injured when the bomber entered the politician’s house in the Kulachi area on Wednesday and detonated his explosive-laden vest.
A three-day mourning was announced as the Minister was laid to rest. He was the third Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf member of Provincial Assembly to be killed by terrorist in less than six months.
In a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, chaired by Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, reviewed the law and order situation and deliberated options to swiftly restore peace in the province.
Khattak said he hoped negotiations with militants would move forward in the best possible manner, and approved the acquisition of the latest equipment for security teams in the province. He strongly condemned the killing of the Minister adding certain quarters did not want peace in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in rest of the country.
Party chief Imran Khan has even suggested that the banned group should be allowed to open an office in the country so that dialogue could be started.
Pak PM vows to take ‘bold’ decisions against terrorism
lahore: Pakistan Government will take “bold” decisions to tackle terrorism and restore law and order in cities like Karachi, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said.
Addressing PMl-N parliamentarians and party workers after Eid-ul-Azha prayers at his ancestral home in Raiwind, Sharif said, “We are going to take bold decisions for the sake of restoring peace and maintaining law and order in Karachi and everywhere in the country.”