Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif in a press conference this evening, announced a committee, comprising members of all parties, to tackle the issue of terrorism in the country.

He said that the committee will come up with a plan within seven days.

Calling yesterday's attack in Peshawar an act of cowardice, Sharif said, "There is no difference between good Taliban and bad Taliban."

"The new action plan will target terrorists not just inside Pakistan, but even in border areas around the country," he said.

Sharif also said that the Army will continue the anti-terror Operation Zarb-e Azb as it has "broken the backbone of the terrorists".

Sharif vowed that Pakistan will chase the terrorists to their hideouts and eliminate them as it was high time to take to task all the elements "who martyred our children".

Sharif had yesterday called the assault on the school "a national tragedy" and declared three days of mourning.

Opposition stalwart Imran Khan, who has previously sought reconciliation with the Taliban, joined the litany of voices on Tuesday condemning the indiscriminate slaughter.

Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) has adopted a policy of believing that the Pakistani Taliban are not American-funded but are alienated tribals who will relent only after the Americans are gone from Afghanistan and the Taliban government is restored in Afghanistan.

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