ISLAMABAD: DG ISPR, Maj Gen AtharAbbas has said that the Pak army
was seriously concerned over the grave situation in Karachi and wanted
immediate end to violence of all sorts in the city.
Talking to
a foreign news agency, Gen Athar said the law enforcement agencies
should launch indiscriminate action against the perpetrators of
violence and saboteurs to secure peace in the mega city.He said the
army was seriously concerned over the death of innocent citizens in the
mega city. He said all the secret agencies were sharing information
with the police whose prime responsibility was to maintain peace in the
city and launch crackdown against the criminal elements.
The
spokesman of the Pak army said ten out of the 40 children who had been
taken into custody by the Taliban had returned. He made it clear that
no incident of kidnaping had occurred in the Bajaur agency. He informed
that Mamoon tribe settled along the Pak-Afghan border and the members
of the tribe under an agreement could freely move across the border.
He
told the foreign news agency that on Eid day (Wednesday) elders and
youth of the Mamoon tribe had gone to Afghanistan where 40 persons
including children were abducted by terrorists. Of those kidnapped ten
persons have been released while the rest of the kidnapped are still
under the custody of the terrorists.
He said the elders of the
Mamoon tribe were negotiating with the kidnappers and the two Jirgas
across the border was devising strategy to prevent any such incident in
future.
He said the political administration in the area had
time and again informed the people that it was not secure to filter
across the border as the situation in the two sides was not normal. To
a question, he said like the rest of the country, Pak army was also
looking at the Karachi situation with grave concerns. Karachi satiation
leaves lasting impact on the economy and law and order situation of the
entire country, he said. It is the duty of the law enforcement and
security institutions to ensure peace and normalcy in the city, he
said. He said all the secret agencies and institutions were sharing
information with police so that effective action could be taken against
the enemies of peace. To a question about
ZulfiqarMirza’sstatementquoting Rehman Malik that the army and ISI
would come into action and dismantle the government if he (Malik) tried
to net insurgents, Gen Athar said he would not comment on Mirza’s
statements and Rehman Malik could accept or reject the statement
referred to him. Online
