Minister for Defense Khawaja Muhammad Asif stated that all-out efforts  would be made to eliminate terrorism from Pakistan.  Talking to a private channel, he said that Pakistan was not a soft state for terrorists and added  that the government was paying full attention to root out menace of terrorism from the country.  Intelligence based operations were continuing against the terrorist elements sabotaging peace in  different areas including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, he said. 

To a question about settling disgruntled groups in some parts of the country, he criticised the  previous Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) regime's policies, stating that they were weak and led to  the resurgence of disgruntled groups in various parts of the country. These policies, he said have  contributed to the reemergence of terrorism incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)