QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Quetta on Tuesday to review the worsening law and order situation in the city, two days after a deadly suicide bombing in Hazara town which claimed 30 lives.
The premier was accompanied by Federal Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan, Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai, DG ISI Lt-Gen Zaheerul Islam, the DG Intelligence Bureau (IB), and other top officials.
Speaking on the occasion the prime minister said he had come to visit Quetta in order to review the situation and that concrete steps had been taken to tackle incidents of terrorism.
Nawaz also met with a tribal delegation of the ethnic Hazara community, comprising of the relatives of the victims of recent bombing in Quetta which had targeted the minority community.
He assured the provision of every possible security measures for the Hazara community.
The Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) chief said that every person involved in terrorist activities would be held accountable adding that he had instructed all institutions to deal with criminals with iron hands.
He further said that establishment of law and order was the first priorirty of the government and that security agencies were instructed to increase intelligence-sharing.
Nawaz also said that all decisions would be implemented upon and that the issue of targeted killings and missing persons in Balochistan would be accounted for.
Strict security measures were adopted by the provincial administration during the visit of premier, and Frontier Corps (FC) and police personnel were deployed on all roads leading to the Governor House.