ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday telephoned political leaders to discuss military courts.
The political leaders included Fazlur Rehman, Naveed Qamar, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Aftab Sherpao and Attaur Rehman.
Dar emphasised the need for complete consensus in this matter and said that a prompt decision was vital to counter the fresh wave of terrorism that had gripped the country during the last few days.
Referring to the recent incidents in FATA, Peshawar, Lahore, Quetta, Awaran and Sehwan, Dar said that it was heart wrenching to see so many precious lives being lost in gory incidents of terror in all the four provinces.
He said that an effective and well-coordinated response on part of the federal and provincial governments was need of the hour. Continuation of the military courts was essential for ensuring continuation of the momentum of anti-terrorism campaign and the political leadership in parliament needed to show unity as well as complete unanimity of views on this issue.
The parliamentary leaders agreed with Dar on having a well-coordinated and fitting response to the terrorist threat.
Earlier, he made a phone call to Ayaz Sadiq, asking him to facilitate early convening of meeting of the parliamentary committee on the subject of military courts so that a concrete decision in the matter could be taken as early as possible.
