KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said here on Monday that the government had no option but to win the war against terrorism because Pakistan’s future and security depended on eradication of this scourge from the country.

The prime minister spent a busy day during a brief visit to the city. He presided over a meeting of the Sindh Apex Committee at the Governor’s House and visited the Rangers’ and Karachi Corps headquarters.

The meeting, also attended by Chief of the Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari, reviewed implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) and the law and order situation in the province.

The prime minister said the action plan had been prepared in the wake of the Peshawar school massacre in agreement with all political parties to eliminate terrorism.

He said two of the 20-point plan had been implemented immediately and the rest was left to apex committees formed in the provinces.

The provinces are holding meetings of their apex committees on a regular basis to assess the implementation process.

Mr Sharif said some provinces were taking swift action to implement the NAP while a lot of work was yet to be done by others. He said the 21st Constitution Amendment was passed and the Army Act amended and the country’s future and security were linked to the plan’s implementation. “The entire nation wants tangible results of the NAP.”

The prime minister reiterated his government’s determination to root out terrorism not only from tribal areas but also from all over the country.

Sindh Chief Secretary Hotiana is reported to have briefed the meeting on the law and order situation, the targeted operation against terrorists, a 14-point Sindh policy based on the NAP and Baldia Town factory inferno.