• Unanimous decision calls for intelligence, safety improve in key areas
• Opposition slams Basant celebrations amid nationwide grief; Calls for ex-military chiefs reply for Taliban return
• Pandemonium erupts as events commerce blame over terrorism insurance policies
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday strongly condemned the current suicide assault in Tarlai, demanding an intensive, clear and time-bound investigation to carry the perpetrators and sponsors of terrorism to justice.
By a unanimously adopted decision moved by PPP Senator Syed Waqar Mehdi, the Home urged the strengthening of intelligence coordination and safety preparations, particularly within the federal capital and at delicate areas.
The decision condemned the suicide assault on civilians, stating it violates Islamic values, humanity, and the Structure. It expressed deep condolences to the victims’ households and prayed for the swift restoration of the injured.
The Home paid tribute to law-enforcement businesses, emergency responders, and medical personnel for his or her immediate skilled response. It additionally suspended its routine to debate the tragedy, affirming nationwide unity amid a blackout on TV and the Senate’s YouTube stream.
Nonetheless, the controversy turned heated because the opposition criticized Lahore’s Basant celebrations following main terror assaults in Balochistan and Islamabad.
With incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan going through accusations concerning the resettlement of the Taliban in Pakistan, Opposition Chief Allama Raja Nasir Abbas known as for a joint session of parliament. He demanded that the previous navy and spying company chiefs be summoned to clarify who introduced the Taliban again to the nation.
Senator Abbas regretted the dances carried out as a part of Basant celebrations in Lahore whereas dozens of households mourned. “This cold-heartedness would solely profit the terrorists,” Abbas remarked.
He claimed well timed hospital transfers may have saved lives. He argued {that a} collective funeral attended by the prime minister would have despatched a obligatory message of nationwide unity.
PTI’s parliamentary chief Barrister Syed Ali Zafar stated the Tarlai tragedy had introduced tears to the eyes of each citizen, reminding the Home that the time for politics and excuses had already handed.
“That is the time for a decisive motion,” he asserted, including that Pakistan comes first.
Barrister Zafar emphasised that unity wants public belief, which the federal government undermines by opposing Imran Khan. He urged dismantling terrorist networks utterly, not simply remoted arrests.
“If Daesh or every other terrorist group is working inside the nation, it should be handled instantly and decisively,” he stated.
Senator Sherry Rehman criticized federal ministers’ absence through the debate and praised the armed forces’ sacrifices, whereas condemning the opposition for setting situations throughout a nationwide disaster.
“What our military has finished in opposition to terrorists, no different military on this planet has finished,” she stated. Ms Rehman criticized Imran Khan for alleged sympathies with the Taliban, noting there was a motive many referred to him as “Taliban Khan”.
Regulation and Justice Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar took robust exception to criticism directed on the armed forces.
“All of us politicians and events have made errors. Our safety businesses are preventing a battle in opposition to terrorism. Now we have to face firmly with our establishments,” the regulation minister stated.
Nonetheless, JUI-Fazl Senator Maulana Attaur Rehman argued that the nation couldn’t be happy by merely blaming a neighboring nation. “We educated the youth below an establishment and at present we’re calling them mistaken,” he regretted. He contended {that a} coverage distinction continued the place those that commit terrorism on institutional orders are thought-about “good Taliban”, whereas those that don’t are labeled “unhealthy Taliban”.
Framing of cultural occasions
Rejecting criticism of the cultural competition, PML-N Senator Pervaiz Rashid framed the occasion as an act of defiance. “The terrorists wish to make us mourn on a regular basis however we are going to give a message to the terrorists, we are going to have a good time and destroy you,” he stated.
Nonetheless, the session led to pandemonium when PML-N’s Abid Sher Ali chided the PTI over the Might 9 incidents, resulting in intense verbal clashes.
Lawmakers from either side blamed one another for the continuing menace of terrorism.
Printed in Daybreak, February tenth, 2026
