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“The people, government and military are on one page in the war against terror and we will wipe out the terrorists, both internal and external, as we had successfully done in Swat,” he sad. “We will win this war Inshallah with support of masses,” he said.
Referring to the May 28 being observed as Youm-e-Takbeer with reference to the 1998 nuclear explosions, the minister said: “Today is a historic day in our country’s history as on this day we made our defence impregnable and nobody can dare to cast an evil eye on our country.”
He gave credit to the government for reduction in bomb and suicide blasts, and added that when they came to power, five to six blasts was a routine matter in the KP. He said peace was achieved due to the bold policies of the present elected government along with better performance of the intelligence agencies and sacrifices of security forces.
As result, he said, security environment has significantly improved in the country. He also held the sacrifices of the FC troops for protection of motherland in high regard. He said he was proud to see such smartly turned out parade of FC contingents. He asked the passed out recruits to utilise their training and skills during their professional life and work with dedication and professional zeal.
Nisar said political interference in recruitment process of the FC had been discouraged while promotions were being made strictly on merit. He said the government would enhance the capacity building and training of FC troops, and assured that all genuine problems of the force would be addressed on priority basis.Earlier, Commandant FC Liaquat Khan appraised the minister of the reforms, training and problems of the force, saying since 2006 to date, 341 FC troops, including its former commandant Sifwat Ghayoor, were martyred and 341 injured in the line of duty.
Earlier, Chaudhry Nisar inspected the smartly turned-out parade and took salute from the contingents.