Kundi says provincial policies will be determined in Islamabad

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Faisal Karim Kundi has said that provincial policies will be determined in Islamabad rather than Jalalabad or Kandahar, stressing that the decisions concerning the province must be made within Pakistan.

The Governor while speaking at a news conference here on Sunday said that now after the imposition of governor’s rule in KP, there would be better coordination between the Center and the province. He expressed full support for operations against terrorism, saying intelligence-based operations were essential to restoring peace. He ruled out any talks with those not accepting the state and constitution and taking up arms.

The governor said that the restoration of law-and-order in restive areas of the province was a priority for the government. He said that the KP government had demanded Rs160 billion to meet its security needs, which the federal government approved.

Kundi said that the Afghan soil was being used to carry out terrorist attacks in Pakistan. “As a matter of fact, India is using Afghanistan for its nefarious designs against Pakistan,” he said, adding it was unfortunate that the former PTI government remained tightlipped on statements emanating from Kabul in which Taliban would talk about invading Peshawar. “Similarly, nobody from the PTI government would utter a word to denounce drone attacks carried out by the Taliban.”

The governor said that security forces personnel were laying down their lives for the defence of the country. “Those maligning the forces are the country’s enemies,” he said, adding so far, over 1,000 Pakistan Army personnel had laid down their lives in the fight against terror.

Kundi said the government was improving the monitoring of social media networks in order to expose terrorist networks. He said the government planned to equip the police with the latest weapons. “There is a proposal to substantially increase the amounts under the Shuhada Package and Security Challenge Allowance.”

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