- Sputnik International
Asia
Find top stories and features from Asia and the Pacific region. Keep updated on major political stories and analyses from Asia and the Pacific. All you want to know about China, Japan, North and South Korea, India and Pakistan, Southeast Asia and Oceania.

No Difference Between Good and Bad Taliban: Pakistani Prime Minister

© REUTERS / Andrew GombertPakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif - Sputnik International
Subscribe
Following the massacre that took place in Peshawar, Pakistan, the leaders of the country met in a conference condemning the attack by the Taliban.

MOSCOW, December 17 (Sputnik) — Addressing lawmakers at the Governor House in Peshawar, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan read out decisions to be undertaken during the APC conference, reports The Express Tribune.

Women mourn their relative Mohammed Ali Khan, 15, a student who was killed during an attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School, at his house in Peshawar December 16, 2014. - Sputnik International
Asia
Pakistani Prime Minister Lifts Death Penalty Moratorium After School Attack
“We express deep grief over Peshawar tragedy and today’s conference has decided to draft an action against terrorists and act upon it immediately,” PM Nawaz said.

“We announce that there will be no discrimination between “good” and “bad” Taliban and have resolved to continue the war against terrorism till the last terrorist is eliminated.”

“We have all unanimously decided that a committee comprising of all parliamentary parties under Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar will prepare a plan of action which will be submitted to national leadership within seven days,” added Nawaz Sharif.

Member of armed forces, intelligence and political parties will be a part of the committee, says PM Nawaz.

Rescue team members go through debris inside the Army Public School, which was attacked by Taliban gunmen, in Peshawar, December 17, 2014. - Sputnik International
Death Toll in Pakistan School Attack Rises to at Least 141
“Operation Zarb-e-Azb is continuing successfully but what we have decided today encompasses how to tackle terrorism from the whole country.”

Regarding lifting the ban on death penalty in terror cases, PM Nawaz says, “We have proposed terror cases should be expedited. If terrorists are not punished, then who will be punished?” he questions.

A large number of people gathered outside Army Public School in Peshawar where yesterday's attack took place. People were holding candles in vigil in lieu of the attack, Express News reports.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала