Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is addressing an apex committee meeting in Peshawar which is taking place following the horrific suicide bombing in the city that claimed the lives of more than 100 people.
The meeting is taking place at Governor House. In the meeting, which is being held after 15 months, the Peshawar corps commander, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IG and chiefs of other institutions are taking part.
Key decisions are expected to be taken over the law and order situation and terrorism following the tragedy in the provincial capital.
The premier started his address with an acknowledgement of the devastation from the recent attack inside a mosque in the Police Lines area of Peshawar. Research showed it was one of the deadliest terrorism-related incidents in the country’s history where the death toll has crossed triple digits.
"It is a sad incident after the APS incident," the premier said.
"We have to accept the facts, the whole nation is in shame. How did this incident happen after the complete end of terrorism a few years ago? The whole nation is thinking [about] how to control this evil in future," he went on.
This is a developing story and is being updated with detail.
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