ISLAMABAD: Minister for Commerce Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan has said civil and military leadership were united to eliminate the menace of terrorism from the country.
Talking to a private news channel, he said steps taken by the government were giving positive results as terror incidents had reduced.
The Counter Terrorism Department, he said, had been made functional in all the four provinces. Many reforms were made in the legal system to counter terrorism while cyber law was legsilated to control hate and terror content, he added.
Khurram Dastgir said extension in the military courts’ mandate was a temporary measure for fast-track trial of terrorism cases.—APP