PESHAWAR: A three-hour meeting of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Apex Committee chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif concluded at the Governor House in Peshawar on Thursday, with participants agreeing on the complete elimination of terrorism and reviewing ongoing counterterrorism operations and the province’s law and order situation, according to Governor House sources. Speaking at the meeting, KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi said peace in the province and the protection of its people were a shared priority, calling for a coordinated strategy between the federal government, national institutions and the provincial administration to address security challenges. “Our first priority is the establishment of peace and the elimination of terrorism,” Kundi said, adding that the administration had focused from its first day on strengthening police capacity, supporting security institutions and accelerating development in the merged districts.