Law enforcement agencies in Rawalpindi and Islamabad closed four offices of recently banned religious organisations on Friday. Following the Interior Ministryâs instructions, the police made several raids and sealed four âsub-officesâ in Rawat, Ghangi Sayidan, Talk Kalan and Taxila on the fringes of the two cities. Intelligence agencies have also been asked to liaise with the police and share information on the banned groupsâ active members who have been underground for several months. âPolice conducted several raids in the surrounding areas of the federal capital but we couldnât find any offices or representatives of the banned organisations in remote or urban areas,â Islamabad Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shahid Nadeem Baloch told Daily Times.
| "I mean, like, we knocked and everything, but they said there wudn't nobody there..." |
He said special police parties had been formed to arrest active members of defunct organisations and they were directed to raid any place on authentic information. âWe are also questing owners of printings presses about the members of banned religious groups who used to go there for printing of pamphlets and other material,â Rawalpindi District Police Officer Syed Marwat Ali Shah said. A number of police officials will go over the record of the religious extremists recently granted bail by courts, he added. |