The Pakistan Peace Coalition (PPC) members expressed concern that the terrorists are targeting innocent citizens particularly the children of government ministers to mount pressure on the government to stop action against the Taliban and their allies in Swat and other areas. They also pointed out that the surge in the acts of terrorism indicates that the terrorists are regrouping and gaining their strength to continue their violent acts in the country. The government must focus on uprooting these terrorists from all parts of the country to provide security to the common citizens. Security must be beefed up in all parts of the country particularly in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to protect the people of the province who have been at the receiving end of violence for far too long.