NAROWAL: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday said the government has managed to eliminate terrorism to a large extent.

?The government has curtailed terrorism to a large extent and people in Pakistan are now spending peaceful lives,? Iqbal said as he inaugurated the New Sabzi Mandi in Narowal.

The minister said that at least 25 citizens would become victims of terrorism in the past but most people are leading peaceful lives now.

Discussing the electricity deficit and subsequent load shedding in the country, the minister claimed that Pakistanis are being provided an uninterrupted power supply for 22-hours.

?There used to be a 22-hour load-shedding schedule in the past, but the situation has changed now,? he said. ?Citizens have access to an uninterrupted power supply for 22-hours.?

The interior minister further said that Pakistan is faced with ?many international conspiracies.?

?Our enemies are afraid of our economic development,? he said. ?Pakistan is an atomic power and can become an international power to reckon with if it becomes an economic power as well.?

?Pakistan?s economic progress can only be halted by political chaos and internal conflicts.?