KARACHI, Pakistan: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday reiterated that the ongoing operation in Karachi was neither any party nor group specific, as it was against crime and terrorism.
While addressing local Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders and prominent members in Karachi, he said the menaces being suffered by Karachi were inter-linked and the operation would continue until peace was fully restored in the metropolis.
“This will continue till the reputation of Karachi as the City of Lights is restored in the truest sense,” he remarked.
The prime minister said the things were improving and the PML-N workers should focus on strengthening the party in Sindh, including Karachi.
Nawaz Sharif said that this was important because the party would take active part in the general election 2018 from the port city and other parts of the province.
Sharif said the PML-N assumed power in 2013 when Karachi was facing a wide range of problems, mainly poor law and order, and terrorism.
“The government through close consultation with all political parties had initiated an operation that is paying off now,” he added.
The prime minister said the PML-N government in last four years had played an important role in improving the situation as presently normalcy had returned to a great extent in Karachi, with hustle and bustle at its commercial centers. The business community was now feeling quite secured.
The people should give due credit to the PML-N government which had taken bold decisions at the right time, without any reluctance, he added.
