ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that
provincial governments are responsible for maintaining law and order in
their provinces.
He was talking to the journalists outside the
Parliament House . He said that Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is the terrorist
outfit which is involved in the sabotage activities and the arrested
culprits belonged it. Foes of Pakistan are occupied in conspiracies to
instigate ethnic and religious strife to destabilize the country
“All
the arrangements have been made to restore peace in Karachi and in this
regard additional contingents of police and rangers were deployed
there. However the government would take more strict action regarding
peace in the city. Karachi is the prime vein of the country and it
should be made victim of dirty politics.
He asked the political
parties to keep a close eye on anti social elements and drug mafia,
which are maligning these parties. Actually some culprits factors have
took shelter under the umbrella of political parties.
“The
matter regarding two moons sighting pertains to Ministry of Religious
Affairs and Interior Ministry has nothing to do with it. However
government would respect the decision of the Islamic scholars”, he
added.
Latter while speaking on the occasion of second birthday
of Islamabad Traffic Police’s Radio Station, FM.-92.4, Rehman Malik
said that the capital police rendered lot of sacrifices in the war
against terrorism as its 42 officials embraced martyrdom.
He
said Islamabad Police played an important role in providing protection
to the citizens of the city. He said FM- 92.4 is a very famous radio
station which not only broadcast entrainment programmes but also
imparts traffic education to the people as well. He instructed IG
Islamabad Bin Yamin Khan to start a programme from FM-92.4 in which
citizen may get restarted their complaints, which sould be monitored by
an officer of SP level. Online
