KARACHI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik Friday directed the security
forces to get ready for final operation against the terrorists and
kidnappers in various localities of the city.
He was addressing
a press conference after attending a meeting on law and situation in
Karachi. Talking to media men Rehman Malik said he had given a 24-hour
deadline to the abductors and kidnapping mafia to release the innocent
persons or face action by the law-enforcement agencies.
Malik
admitted that situation in Karachi was quite complex and both the
federal and the provincial governments were grappling with the
situation. He assured the media that all steps would be taken to bring
back normalcy to the city of lights. “The security agencies have been
directed to prepare a roadmap for action against kidnappers, militants,
target killers, miscreants and terrorists,” he said. The interior
minister told the journalists on the occasion that after rangers and
police, coastguards would be called in the city to take decisive action
against the target killers.
He hoped by Saturday afternoon
(today) the situation would return to normalcy. He also shared with the
media the good news that 18 kidnapped persons had been released by the
kidnappers and sent home. Online
