SIALKOT: The Bomb Disposal Squad on Sunday defused a high intensity anti-tank landmine near bordering Village Phookaliyaan-Bajwat along the Sialkot Working Boundary. Locals found it while ploughing the fields and they informed the police.

The BDS said the 10-pound rusting landmine was Indian made. It was used by India during the 1965 Indo-Pak War. It could not explode and was still alive.

DEFENCE MINISTER: Federal Minister for Defence, Water and Power Khwaja Muhammad Asif has said that the anti-terror operation by the Pak Army would continue till the elimination of the last terrorist in the country.

He was addressing a meeting of the elected representatives and party workers here on Sunday.

The minister said the government was committed to weed out terrorism from Pakistan, as the armed forces had been playing their excellent role in uprooting militancy.Khwaja Asif said the nation stood united against terrorism and was ready to sacrifice even their lives to eliminate terrorism.Earlier speaking to the participants in an open court held at PML-N House on Paris Road, the minister said the government was making all-out efforts to raise the living standard of the people by ensuring smooth provision of all basic facilities at their doorstep.

He said the PML-N was gradually fulfilling its political promises in the larger national interest, besides doing ‘politics of principles.’

He listened to complaints and problems of the people and issued orders on various applications.

Local MPAs Muhammad Ikram, Rana Liaquat Ali, Manshaullah Butt, Shabeena Majeed Wyne and local PML-N leaders were also present on the occasion.

Published in Dawn, February 1st, 2016