RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: The civil and military leadership has decided to take action against facilitators of terrorism.
The decision was taken at a high level meeting which was held at the army’s general headquarters in Rawalpindi on Friday with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the chair.
The meeting also decided to beef up security at jails across the country as well as to speed up and expand the ongoing military operation Zarb-e-Azb against the militants.
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif, other high military officers, the federal interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and the federal finance minister Ishaq Dar attended the meeting.
The overall security situation of the country was discussed during the meeting.
The meeting also focused on the operation Zarb-e-Azb and the future course of action following the recent deadly terror attack on an army-run school in Peshawar which left 148 persons mostly innocent children dead.
The army chief apprised the prime minister over his recent visit to Kabul and his meetings with the Afghan leadership, the sources said.
The Director General ISI Lt. General Rizwan Akhtar gave a detailed briefing to the meeting on security situation.
Earlier, the COAS signed on the death warrants of six hardcore terrorists, a day after the prime minister lifted the moratorium on capital punishment in the country.
The Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Asim Bajwa wrote on his twitter account that the field general court martial (FGCM) had already awarded death sentence to these terrorists in accordance with law.
#COAS today signed death warrants of 6 hardcore terrorists(pending execution)convicted by FGCM in accordance with law.
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) December 18, 2014
The sources said that the six include convicts in cases relating to the army’s general headquarters attack, Jhanda Chichi, Pervez Musharraf attack and attack on a military camp near River Chenab (Gujrat).
Moreover, another source claimed that convicts in the Gujrat military camp attack were also on the execution list.
