PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is receiving strength from Punjabi Taliban, Geo News reported Wednesday.

He was speaking at a special cabinet session to review the law and order situation in the country. The session is currently in progress.

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani is presiding over the session being attended by Azad Kashmir Premier, Chief Ministers of four provinces, IGs of Police and representatives of the law enforcement agencies.

The sources told the Federal Interior Minister briefed the session over the law and order and anti-terror measures in the country.

He said the Al-Qaeda and the TTP are enervating Pakistan.

According to sources, Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif will inform the cabinet about the investigations of Lahore bomb blasts.

The cabinet is mulling over formulating a joint strategy and improving intelligence sharing between the law-enforcement agencies to cope with the current wave of terrorism in the country.