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A high-level meeting to review progress of the implementation of the anti-terrorism National Action Plan (NAP), the country's top civil-military leadership approved a countrywide crackdown on sectarianism.
"It was unanimously decided that elements challenging the writ of the state would be eliminated," Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said during a Press conference after the apex committee's meeting held at the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad.
It has been decided that there will be zero tolerance for hate speech and hate literature, said the interior minister.
He said, "There will be no tolerance for calling each other infidel or liable to be killed," he said. "There is a very thin line between sectarianism and terrorism. They both go hand-in-hand."
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif presided over the national apex committee meeting attended by chief ministers of all the four provinces, army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif and senior civil and military intelligence agencies chiefs.
The prime minister in his opening remarks expressed disappointment that the 20-point NAP was only partly implemented. He stressed the need for all provinces to coordinate their anti-terror strategies and implement all elements of the NAP which was approved by all political parties.
Nisar said non-governmental organisations (NGOs) would be regulated, registered and monitored regularly.
He said a comprehensive policy for issuance of arms licences would be announced soon and all previous licences would be checked to cancel fake ones. Enough time will be given for renewal of all licences and the licences which are not renewed will be cancelled.
Nisar said over 0.5 million weapons were confiscated by law enforcers during an on-going crackdown against those holding illegal arms.
The civil-military brass also discussed the next phase of the on-going security forces' operation against militants in the north-western areas of the country as well as in Karachi. It was decided to strengthen and take these operations to logical end.
The interior minister revealed that key terrorist leaders were willing to lay down their arms.
He added that more time was required to eliminate terrorism completely from the country.
Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah reportedly complained that certain federal agencies, particularly the Federal Investigation Agency and the National Accountability Bureau were by-passing him and taking actions on their own.
"I am the chief executive of the province and I am not informed of anything," he was quoted as saying. "All actions must be brought to my attention prior to their execution," he added.
The prime minister assured the Sindh CM that his grievance would be duly addressed.
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