BEIJING, Feb. 17 (APP):  President Asif Ali Zardari has said in an interview with Chinese journalists that the Pakistan government was pursuing a three-pronged strategy to counter terrorism. Reports based on the interview given on Monday at the President’s House in Islamabad have been published here.

President Zardari said that the fight against terrorism could not be won with guns and bombs only and it must be multi-faceted.

The government is pursuing a three-pronged strategy to counter terrorism and Pakistan is taking political, economic and military measures to find short term as well as long term solution of the problem, he said.

The President said the war against terrorism was becoming difficult because of Pakistan’s limited resources.

He said terrorism was a challenge to the society, the way of life and the state of Pakistan and it was a situation Pakistan had to face.

Referring to the situation in the northwestern and tribal regions President Zardari said, “the life of the people is not normal. So the first responsibility for the government is peace.”

He said that the first challenge was to give the people security and Pakistan was “coming up with the special package” to enhance its capability.

“In the past, the capability has not been properly enhanced on the civil side to take on this challenge,” he said, adding that Pakistan needed the civilian forces and police forces to be strong enough.

He said Pakistan was upgrading its resources and forces in the fight against terrorism.”We intend to make sure that the all such challenges are minimized at the earliest,” he said.