Foreign Minister of Pakistan Ms Hina Rabbani Khar headed Pakistan delegation to the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Counter Terrorism Forum (GCTF) held here Thursday. In her statement, she said Pakistan along with its partners is working to devise innovative strategies to tackle the issue of global terrorism. The real challenge is to win the hearts and minds of people to address the issue in a comprehensive way. The democratic government of Pakistan is working hard to strengthen the criminal justice system, the foreign minister said. Khar said as one of the most affected country by terrorism, Pakistan is making every possible effort to root out this scourge from our society. She said Pakistan has instituted programmes for capacity building of investigators and prosecutors; securing crime scene, collecting evidence, upgrading forensic laboratories; improving prison management system and expanding de-radicalization programmes. The government is also working on how intelligence inputs could be converted into evidence which can withstand judicial scrutiny.






