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| Army to act against terrorists across border, Dar tells Senate |
| 2017-02-22 |
| [DAWN] ISLAMABAD: The finance minister informed the Senate on Monday that the Army had been empowered to act against Lions of Islam across the border after obtaining concrete evidence that Afghan soil had been used to launch recent acts of terrorism in the country. Monday’s session focused on several important issues including the current law and order situation and the exclusion of senators from consultations on the revival of powers of military courts to try civilians. While responding to various points of public importance, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said the prime minister had authorised the Army to take out Lions of Islam wherever they might be. He said it had been established beyond doubt that foreign soil had been used to orchestrate the two latest attacks -- in Lahore and in Hayatabad. He recalled Pakistain’s commitment that its soil would not be allowed to be used for terrorism in any country and noted that time had come to ensure that no other country’s soil was used against Pakistain. The minister informed the Senate that Pakistain had forwarded names of 76 Lions of Islam to Afghanistan, adding that Afghanistan should also present names of Lions of Islam in Pakistain if any. At the time, Mr Dar was apparently unaware that Afghanistan had presented a list of 85 names to Pakistain on Monday. |
| Posted by:Fred |