Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif
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The Pakistan authorities introduced on February 6 {that a} assembly of all political events to debate the problem of terrorism and evolve a joint technique to fight it will be held on Thursday, two days later than the scheduled date.
The announcement comes per week after a suicide bomber killed 101 individuals at a mosque within the northwestern metropolis of Peshawar, drawing nationwide condemnation and prompting Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif to convene a gathering of opposition politicians and his allies to debate find out how to fight the surge in violence.
The authorities final week determined to name the All Parties Conference (APC) in Islamabad on February 7.
Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb took to social media to announce that the assembly had been rescheduled, apparently after criticism from ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf occasion and its risk to boycott it.
“The APC called by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the issue of terrorism will be held on Feb 9 (Thursday) instead of Feb 7,” she tweeted.
Ms. Aurangzeb additionally stated {that a} joint technique to fight terrorism and different challenges confronted by the federal government will probably be mentioned within the assembly.
She stated that the National Action Plan (NAP) can even be reviewed. The plan was thrashed out after the Peshawar faculty assault of 2014.
In 2014, the Pakistani Taliban stormed the Army Public School (APS) within the northwestern metropolis of Peshawar, killing at the least 150 individuals, together with 131 college students.
The Minister added that the whole political and nationwide management of the nation has been invited to the assembly.
The change within the date got here after PTI chief Fawad Chaudhry alleged that his occasion was not formally invited by the federal government. He stated the PTI leaders would seek the advice of their participation within the APC as soon as the occasion receives a proper invitation.
Mr. Chaudhry stated that they got here to find out about Shahbaz’s invitation to the PTI pertaining to participation within the APC by way of the media.
“We have not received any formal invitation,” he stated.
Source: www.thehindu.com
