Economic growth has enemies worried, fight against terror to continue: PM

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday reiterated his government's resolve to continue the fight against terrorism, saying that the enemies of Pakistan were afraid of its economic successes.

"Our Jihad to uproot terrorism from the country will continue. We will inflict such a crushing defeat on terrorists that they won't dare look at Pakistan with ill intent again," the prime minister said chairing a high-level meeting on law and order in the federal capital.

The meeting was attended by federal ministers Azam Nazeer Tarar, Mohsin Raza Naqvi, Ahad Khan Cheema, and Attaullah Tarar.

Advisor to PM Rana Sanaullah, Minister of State Tallal Chaudhry, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister's Adviser Barrister Saif, Gilgit-Baltistan Interior Minister Shamsul Haq Lone, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir Interior Minister Col (Retd) Waqar Noon also attended the meeting, along with chief secretaries and inspectors general of police from all provinces.