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| 50pc of arms licences fake, assembly told |
| 2014-12-30 |
| [DAWN] The Punjab Assembly on Monday was informed that 50 per cent of 1.8 million arms licences issued in the province were fake. Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada on a point of order said there had been no record of 900,000 arms licences issued in Punjab. “We are probing the matter with the help of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra),” he said, adding ban on the arms licences would be lifted for 15 days on Feb 15. He said if the data did not match with the Nadra record the arms licence would not be issued to the applicant. The home minister further said the Punjab government would take back arms from the fake licence holder. In Sindh the government had taken back 50,000 weapons from the fake licence holders. “In the new licence policy, the data of the arms dealers and manufacturers will be online,” he added. |
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