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Search operation in Tank within 24 hours
Law-enforcement agencies will launch a house-to-house search operation within the next 24 hours to collect illegal weapons in Tank, and a relaxation in the curfew imposed in the area will be extended by two hours from Saturday, said a spokesman on Friday. In a press note, the spokesman for law-enforcement agencies said cases had also been registered against militants involved in damaging private and public property on Wednesday, but did not name the people who had been booked. Killers, trouble-makers and dacoits will be brought to justice for destroying Tank citys peace, read the press note. DIG Zulfiqar Ahmed Cheema said security forces would launch the search operation if residents did not hand over illegal weapons voluntarily. All types of illegal (unlicensed) weapons must be handed over to the government, the senior police official told reporters at a briefing in Tank city on Friday. Observers viewed the announcement as unworkable. The search operation would also aim to identify residents sheltering outlaws, said the press note. Tank city has been under curfew since tribal militants from South Waziristan attacked it from all directions early on Wednesday morning. DIG Cheema said the curfew would be completely lifted when the situation had been brought under total control. The curfew was imposed to protect the residents of Tank city, he added. However, paramilitary soldiers fired at a group of people near an FC gate at 1:10pm, although the authorities relaxed the curfew from 1pm to 3pm. Nobody was injured in the firing, said a man who was waiting for the curfew to be relaxed on Friday. Among the group of people was a Daily Times correspondent as well. Local journalists demanded an inquiry into the incident. Posted by: Fred 2007-03-31 |
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