Border with Afghanistan not safe, says Pervez Khattak

PESHAWAR: The Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pervez Khattak, has said that our border with Afghanistan is not safe, and without securing the border, the cities can’t be made safe for people. 

He said this while talking to Joanna Reid, head of DFID, who, along with her delegation, called on the chief minister at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat here on Wednesday.  The DFID head lauded the commitment and engagement of the provincial government.  “I am very excited by your remarkable achievements,” she said. 

Explaining the security situation in the province, the CM said that entry points at Miran Shah, Angoradda and Torkham were open for any sort of movement, and terrorists involved in the recent Charsadda incident came from across the border. 

He said that the Army, the police and the provincial government were on the same page against terrorism.  He said that the provincial government was implementing directives issued by the federal government, and there was no problem with the federal government in this regard. 

The CM termed Operation Zarb-e-Azb as effective in clearing Fata from the terrorists.  Suicide bombing incidents have dropped as there is no hideout for the training of terrorists, he remarked. 

Earlier, the chief minister chaired a meeting on the progress of the Traffic Warden System (TWS).  The chief minister was informed that the recently-introduced TWS was very successful.