Who'da thunkit?
Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Raza Hayat Hiraj, said on Friday that terrorism was emanating from the North Western Frontier Province (NWFP) and FATA. âCombating terrorism is part of the governmentâs agenda and since it is emanating from NWFP and FATA regions, the opposition leader and NWFP chief minister should have attended the NSC meeting,â he said while speaking in the National Assembly. He was responding to the oppositionâs objections to President Pervez Musharrafâs remarks about Chief Minister NWFP Akram Khan Durrani and Opposition Leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman. The state minister said the NSC was created under an act of the parliament to evolve strategies for internal and external security threats and the MMA had supported the councilâs creation. âWe do not see external threats but we have to neutralise the internal security threats posed by terrorism,â he added. âThe president is a symbol of the unity of the federation under Article 11 of the Constitution and his remarks about Mr Durrani were correct,â he said. |