PESHAWAR: Awami National Party central general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that terrorists outfits might have been dismantled in Waziristan but Taliban are still organised in Punjab.

That`s why attacks against individuals were still taking place, he said during his visit to the residence of Punjab slain interior ministerretired Col Shuja Khanzada to condole the bereaved family.

A press release issued here by the ANP secretariat said that Mian Iftikhar Hussain offered prayers for the departed souls of Mr Khanzada and those, who had been targeted in a terrorist attack on last Sunday at his guest house in Shadi Khan area of Attock district. Twenty persons including Punjab interior minister were killed in the attack.

The ANP leader called the late minister a brave man, saying he washit by a cowardly act of terrorists.

He said that the cowardly act of terrorism left not only his family but many others mourning for that irreparable loss.

Mr Hussain, who himself lost his only son in a terrorist attack, had forgiven his killers, hoping it would bring peace. He said that ANP followed the philosophy of non-violence, however, it didn`t mean that one should retreat at such challenging times.

Mr Hussain said that it was possi-ble only because of the sacrifices by such brave men and women that military operation in Waziristan broke the back of militants. All the foreign terrorists fled the area or got killed, he said.

It was one reason that there Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was comparatively peaceful but still there were threats of attacks, said Mr Hussain.

He said that Punjabi Taliban were still very organised which was why such terrorist attacks against individuals were taking place.