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ISTANBUL: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday said the democratic government in Pakistan would continue to closely work with the international community to create a world free from bigotry, extremism and terrorism.
She was addressing the ministerial meeting of the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum (GCTF) which was also attended among others by Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The foreign minister said Pakistan along with its partners was working to devise innovative strategies to tackle the issue of global terrorism. She said the real challenge was to win the hearts and minds of people to address the issue in a comprehensive way and added that the democratic government of Pakistan was working hard to strengthen the criminal justice system.
She said since the launching of the forum in New York last September, GCTFs activities had covered considerable ground in both regional and thematic working groups. She said as one of the most affected countries by terrorism, Pakistan was making every possible effort to root out this scourge from society. Khar said Pakistan was working with its partners for strengthening the criminal justice system, especially the investigation and prosecution sides.
We have instituted programmes for capacity building of investigators and prosecutors, securing crime scene, collecting evidence, upgrading forensic laboratories, improving prison management system and expanding de-radicalisation programmes, she said. She also mentioned working on how intelligence inputs could be converted into evidence which could withstand judicial scrutiny.She said, We are evolving a robust narrative to counter the misleading agenda of violent extremists. We believe that education for all and creating economic opportunities for young people are most effective antidotes against spread of extremist ideologies.We have started developing a database of people who underwent military training during the Afghan jihad and later, with a view to imparting vocational training in various trades to enable them to re-integrate into the society as productive members, she said. The foreign minister said already, more than 250 individuals had completed training and another 48 were still in the vocational training institutes. She welcomed the gesture from the United Arab Emirates government to establish the centre of excellence for Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) in Abu Dhabi
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
She was addressing the ministerial meeting of the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum (GCTF) which was also attended among others by Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The foreign minister said Pakistan along with its partners was working to devise innovative strategies to tackle the issue of global terrorism. She said the real challenge was to win the hearts and minds of people to address the issue in a comprehensive way and added that the democratic government of Pakistan was working hard to strengthen the criminal justice system.
She said since the launching of the forum in New York last September, GCTFs activities had covered considerable ground in both regional and thematic working groups. She said as one of the most affected countries by terrorism, Pakistan was making every possible effort to root out this scourge from society. Khar said Pakistan was working with its partners for strengthening the criminal justice system, especially the investigation and prosecution sides.
We have instituted programmes for capacity building of investigators and prosecutors, securing crime scene, collecting evidence, upgrading forensic laboratories, improving prison management system and expanding de-radicalisation programmes, she said. She also mentioned working on how intelligence inputs could be converted into evidence which could withstand judicial scrutiny.She said, We are evolving a robust narrative to counter the misleading agenda of violent extremists. We believe that education for all and creating economic opportunities for young people are most effective antidotes against spread of extremist ideologies.We have started developing a database of people who underwent military training during the Afghan jihad and later, with a view to imparting vocational training in various trades to enable them to re-integrate into the society as productive members, she said. The foreign minister said already, more than 250 individuals had completed training and another 48 were still in the vocational training institutes. She welcomed the gesture from the United Arab Emirates government to establish the centre of excellence for Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) in Abu Dhabi
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
Its like China claiming to be working for a communism free world...
