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Govt to tighten noose around members of banned outfits
[DAWN] The government has decided to tighten the noose around members of the banned...the word bannedseems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all... organizations, under-observation suspects and human traffickers by cancelling their passports and blocking their national identity cards. The decision was taken at a meeting on Monday. It was chaired by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan ...  Currently the Interior Minister of Pakistain. He is the senior leader of the Pak Moslem League (N) and a close aide to Nawaz Uncle FesterSharif. He is noted for his vocal anti-American railing in the National Assembly. However (comma) Khan told the U.S. ambassador that he was in fact pro-American but he and the PML-N would have to be critical of US actions in order to remain publicly credible. Khan cited his wife and children's US citizenship as proof, which means he's lying to one side or the other and probably both. He wears a wig, but you probably guessed that. since hair doesn't grow naturally in that shape or texture... Those falling under the net would be denied facilities such as permission to open and operate bank accounts and obtain mobile phone SIMs and driving licences. "While every effort would continue towards safeguarding the rights of the citizens, we will not falter in fulfilling our commitment towards ensuring security of the motherland and to check the elements bringing bad name to the country in one way or the other," the interior minister said. He said that contrary to the propaganda of "detractors and panic peddlers", the law and order situation had significantly improved as a result of tireless efforts of law enforcement agencies. "We, however, need to consolidate and build on these gains and to redouble our efforts for further improving the law and order situation," he added. During the meeting, a host of issues were discussed, including various measures being taken against the members of proscribed organizations, human traffickers and proclaimed offenders, the progress made so far by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in mega corruption cases, various measures being taken to purge FIA from corrupt elements, institutionalisation of system of rewards in various departments of the interior ministry, capacity building of FIA and police and efforts being made by the Islamabad administration and police towards improving law and order and making the federal capital a crime-free zone. Security of media houses, schools, commercial centres and steps taken for community policing also came under discussion. The meeting decided to cancel licences of all those security companies which will not provide their particulars to the administration. FIA officials informed the meeting that in the ongoing campaign against human traffickers, 1,011 people have been taken into custody -- 290 proclaimed offenders, 17 most wanted traffickers, 84 court absconders and 620 general arrests. The meeting was told that the Economic Crime Wing of FIA recovered Rs2.4 billion during 2014-15. The recoveries during 2011-12 were Rs706 million. The Anti-Corruption Wing recovered Rs14.8 billion during 2014-15 and Rs7.1 billion during 2011-12. Posted by: 2016-03-02 |
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