Obama Offers Help To Eliminate Terrorism From Pakistan
KABUL: (MEP) U.S. President Barack Obama has offered to help Pakistan eliminate terrorism from its territory.
During a phone conversation Obama with Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday evening in the wake of Lahore’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park suicide attack on Sunday that killed 74 people, wished to jointly remove and destroy terrorism and extremism in the country.
“People of the United States are with the government and the people of Pakistan in this tragic moment and we will extend every help to Pakistan in eliminating terror from its soil.” He said.
Obama has also commended Sharif for staying back with his people at a difficult time instead of embarking on a foreign visit and said that under his leadership Pakistan has shown great progress in the war against terrorism.
Extending deep condolences on behalf of people of the United States on the Lahore tragedy, Obama also requested the prime minister to convey his feelings to the victims’ families.
The prime minister reminded the US president that an invisible enemy was killing innocent people who are soft targets for them as the infrastructure of terrorists had been dismantled. “The resolve of my nation and my own is getting stronger day by day to Pakistani nation will win this war against this invisible enemy and extremist ideology,” the prime minister vowed.
