ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The federal interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that 90 percent seminaries are not involved in terrorism and all those studying at the seminaries are not terrorists.
In a press conference held in Islamabad on Sunday, the interior minister lauded the role of Ulema and said that all leading Ulema have openly condemned and opposed terrorism.
“We have to isolate those who are involved in the terrorist activities,” the minister said.
The minister said that joint action group against terrorism is working round the clock and it will finalise its recommendations by Monday.
The interior minister called upon the nation to remain alert and vigilant and keep close eye on their surroundings, suspicious people and activities.
Nisar said that the security forces have been fighting this war for several years and now time has come when the entire nation should join it. He said that the Peshawar incident had united the nation to face the challenge of wiping out terrorism from the country.
The interior minister said that Pakistan army was a responsible force and it had never targeted children, women and non-combatants. He said that before starting military operation, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the Army Chief General Raheel Sharif at a meeting had decided to avoid and minimize collateral damages.
The federal minister for interior also called on media organizations for complete blackout of terrorist outfits. He said that all political parties have consensus on one point agenda that media would not be allowed to glorify terrorists.
The minister said that meeting would be held with mobile companies to block all unregistered SIMs because five SIMs used by facilitators in Peshawar incident were issued through biometrics system to a female in Southern Punjab.
