Interior minister brig(R) Ijaz Ahmad Shah visits NDU.

Islamabad -- Federal Minister for Interior Brig (R) Ijaz Shah on Friday visited the National Defense University, Islamabad.

He addressed participants of the Command and Leadership Programme 2020(CLP) on the Issues Pertaining to internal security of the country.

The event was part of the series of talks/briefings arranged during the course.

The Interior Minister dilated upon the prevailing internal security challenges and gave a comprehensive overview on the measures taken by the Government to ensure safety and security in the country that has been achieved through a coordinated response.

While talking about the country's security situation,the minister presented a comprehensive overview of National Action Plan and National Internal Security Policy and reiterated that implementation of National Action Plan is a priority of the Government.

Ijaz Shah highlighted that the graph of terrorist activities has witnessed a gradual decline that has allowed the Government to embark upon initiatives to curb radical tendencies,extremism and intolerance in the society through people-to-people and people-to-state initiatives.

He opined that unprecedented success achieved against the scourge of terrorism became a reality due to national resilience, effective state policies and sacrifices of security / law enforcement apparatus. He, however, felt that fight against drivers of terrorism is a continuing process that requires commitment and whole of a nation approach.

The Interior Minister said that the battle against terrorism has been won at an enormous human and financial cost and reiterated the Government's resolve to take all...