Govt. determined to eradicate terrorism from Pakistan: PM

KUWAIT CITY: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday reiterated his government’s resolve to eradicate the menace of terrorism from Pakistan.

“We have broken the back of terrorists after launching counter-terrorism operation in May 2014 and during this period, we entirely dismantled the network of terrorists, and destroyed their hideouts in border regions,” he said while addressing the Pakistani community here.

The Prime Minister said the last one and a half years passed away very peacefully but now there happened some isolated incidents of terrorism, adding, they would also be crushed with full might.

“We lost a large number of our valiant soldiers and brave citizens in this war and suffered huge financial losses,” the Prime Minister said and expressed resolve of the government to root out terrorism, in all its forms and manifestations.

Nawaz Sharif said in 2013, when his government came into power, the country was facing severe energy shortages, serious economic conditions and a precarious security environment, but today, the government has managed to stabilize the economy.

He said had the momentum of projects initiated by his government in the 1991 continued, Pakistan would have been an Asian Tiger today.

He said his government in 1991, started free flow of currency scheme for expatriate Pakistanis and introduced Green Channel.

He said the present government had put the country on the road to progress and in the last three and a half years, the government initiated much needed reforms that aimed at sustainable economic growth and development.

Pakistan’s economic indicators are now improving steadily, the prime minister said and added that the country’s exports were estimated to grow, particularly with our manufacturing sector witnessing remarkable progress due to uninterrupted power supply to industry.