[Dawn] The Sindh government has decided to take action against 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 operating under new names in the province.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting held at the Chief Minister's House on Monday to review the overall law and order situation in the context of the Abbas Town tragedy.
The meeting was jointly presided over by Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Interior Minister Rehman Malik
Pak politician, Interior Minister under the Gilani government. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Nawaz Sharif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. He had to give up the interior ministry job because he held dual Brit citizenship.
They ordered the law-enforcement agencies to start snap checking at various places, including shopping centres, trade and business spots.They also said that wanted persons belonging to banned outfits should be dealt with under the law.
Participants of the meeting observed that faceless myrmidons wanted to disturb the peace of Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
and create a situation of uncertainty and havoc.
The law-enforcment agencies were told to take a prompt action against faceless myrmidons and keep a watchful eye on all entry points as well as inter-provincial borders.
The meeting decided to impose a ban on pillion-riding in the city. However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
women, children, elderly men and journalists would be exempted from the ban.
The police were told to take action against land grabbers and vacate state land from their illegal occupation.
Some 1,716 madressahs with more than 20,000 students were operating in Karachi alone, and the CM asked the authorities concerned to have a meeting with the administrator of the Wifaq-ul-Madaris.
Rangers Director-General Maj-Gen Rizwan Akhtar, Sindh police chief Fayyaz Leghari, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Waseem Ahmad and others were also present.
Meanwhile,
...back at the wrecked scow, Harrigan had lost the feeling in his legs from the cold.
I told 'em they'd never take me alive,he thought.
I was right!...
the CM also chaired a meeting late on Sunday night to take stock of the situation following the Abbas Town blast.
He formed a six-member committee to probe the terror attack that claimed the lives of over 45 persons.
The committee, headed by Additional IG Ghulam Shabbir Sheikh, has been tasked to submit its report within three days.
The meeting decided to pay compensation to the heirs of the dead and maimed besides extending financial support for rebuilding the destroyed flats and shops.
Speaking on the occasion, the CM said that
President Asif Ali Ten PercentZardari
... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ...
and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf took serious notice of the kaboom and directed him to take immediate action against those involved in the killing of innocent people.
He directed the police, Rangers and other law-enforcement agencies to crush terrorists, adding that those involved in the incident should be nabbed at the earliest.
The CM said that the government was making every effort to restore peace and protect life and property of the people.
He said that the law-enforcement agencies had to improve their performance and increase patrolling in residential and business centres, as the criminals could only be nabbed under a well-planned strategy.