The 257th Corps Commanders’ Conference has underlined the need for adopting “a whole of the nation and whole of the government” approach to eradicate scourge of terrorism from the country on long term basis.
The conference, which held at the GHQ, was presided over by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir, said a news release of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Saturday.
Reviewing domestic and regional environment including external and internal security challenges confronted by Pakistan, the forum affirmed that military leadership was cognizant of the full spectrum of the challenges and resolved to shoulder its constitutionally mandated responsibilities with support of the resilient people of Pakistan.
The forum reiterated the commitment of the armed forces to fully support national responses against internal and external threats.
It highlighted that while security forces were undertaking intelligence based operations in areas along western border, there was a need to adopt a whole of the nation and whole of the government approach to eradicate the menace of terrorism on long term basis.
This focused Counter Terrorism campaign against terrorists as approved by the government, through whole of the system approach would lead towards eradicating permissive factors of terrorism, extremism and instability in the country.
The forum expressed its assurance to pursue the goals set by NSC to turn the tide against terrorism through the coordinated application of all elements of national power.
The conference was followed by special in-camera session of the National Assembly wherein the military top brass briefed the parliamentarians on the prevailing security situation in the country.
Prior to the special session of the NA, a National Security Committee also took place in Islamabad which was presided over by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and attended by the military leadership as well.
The NSC meeting decided to launch an all-out comprehensive operation to eradicate terrorism from across the country.
