The martyrs of Army Public School Peshawar are the hero of the nation:Shahbaz Sharif

Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has saluted the martyrs of Army Public School Peshawar and said that these students and their teachers are the heroes of the nation. He said that due to supreme sacrifices of the martyrs of APS Peshawar, an unprecedented national unity was witnessed in the war against terrorism and a joint strategy was evolved against terrorists.

He said that under National Action Plan, devised with national consensus, a decisive war is being fought against terrorists and terrorism, extremism and sectarianism will be rooted out from the country on permanent basis.

Shahbaz Sharif said that the brutal elements that killed innocent children are finding no place to hide and no effort will be spared to eliminate the menace of terrorism from the country. He said that there is no room for terrorism, extremism and sectarianism in the Pakistan of Quaid-e-Azam.

He said that setting up of a society based on tolerance and moderation is the mission of the government and terrorists and their facilitators will be rooted out. He said that the blood of the martyrs is a debt on the nation and it will be repaid through wiping out terrorists from the country. He said that the nation today paid rich tributes to the supreme sacrifices of the martyrs of APS.

The Chief Minister said that the central ceremony held in Peshawar was a message of unity and solidarity of the whole nation in the war against terrorism. He said that the ceremony was of vital importance for the promotion of national solidarity. He said that the scourge of terrorism will be eradicated from the country with unprecedented unity of 18 crore people of the country.