The Provincial Apex Committee has directed all relevant departments to take effective, decisive and coordinated actions to root out terrorism and establish durable peace in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.            

The directives were issued at a meeting of the Committee held in Peshawar today with Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi in the chair.             

At the outset, the meeting paid tribute to the brave martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty for maintaining peace.       

The meeting reviewed in detail the overall security situation in the province and measures required to completely eradicate terrorism and establish sustainable peace. 

The meeting decided to pay special attention to long-standing issues faced by the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa related to education, health and quality of life and improving socio-economic development in underdeveloped and terrorism-affected areas.

Underscoring the need to enhance operational capacity of Police and Counter-Terrorism Department, the forum decided to upgrade these institutions with modern and effective logistics and required manpower.     

The forum made it clear that intelligence-based operations against terrorism will continue and all available resources will be utilized to improve the law and order situation.

The forum reiterated the resolve that eradicating terrorism and establishing law and order in the province are the shared objective and top priority of all state institutions for which they will continue their efforts.