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Sharif said stepping up security and military offensives in the northwest would not work.
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But Pakistani efforts, which have included military offensives and peace deals, have largely failed.
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Pakistan's military offensives so far have been directed primarily at those militants which threaten the Pakistani state.
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Several Pakistani military offensives in the tribal regions such as Khyber have failed to crush militant groups.
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Policy has been flip-flopping between inconclusive military offensives and peace deals that critics say embolden the militants.
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But a succession of military offensives and peace pacts has failed to stem the militants' growing strength.
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Hussin said he was worried military offensives against the Abu Sayyaf would affect MNLF communities in the south.
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But recent military offensives in the mountainous east suggest Rakhmon's patience with these former warlords is wearing thin.
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Some of its units are active inside Venezuela, largely to seek sanctuary from Colombian military offensives at home.
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After inconclusive military offensives and a failed peace pact, authorities accepted an Islamist demand for sharia law in February.
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Most of the militants in Kurram have fled Pakistan military offensives in their South Waziristan bastion and in Orakzai.
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NETWORK The Pakistani Taliban, allies of the Afghan Taliban, have lost much ground in military offensives over the past year.
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The government has struggled to come up with an effective strategy, alternating in different areas between military offensives and peace deals.
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Despite the military offensives, militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban have carried out brazen attacks in other parts of the country.
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The government has been struggling to come up with an effective strategy, alternating in different areas between military offensives and peace deals.
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Pakistan has mounted military offensives against militants in their strongholds over the past year, killing hundreds of militants, according to government officials.
