KARACHI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik claiming that the situation
in Karachi has made a marked improvement from before said that Pakistan
will follow the policy of de-radicalisation being pursued by Saudi
Arabia.
Malk made these comments on the second day of Eid during a surprise visit to the Empress Market in Karachi.
He said the country will follow the policy of de-radicalisation being pursued by Saudi Arabia.
"We
want to remove concepts of extremism from the society and it is our aim
to eliminate the groups of terrorists with their nefarious designs and
affiliation with political groups or extortionists in one way or the
other," Malik said. He said the policy of Saudi Arabia will be followed
to tackle extremism.
Following a series of deadly terrorist
attacks in 2003, the Saudi Arabian government had created a
counterterrorism strategy focusing on rehabilitating extremists and
preventing their violent ideology from spreading.
Malik said the government is fully determined to expose all elements involved in acts of terrorism across the country.
"It
is our objective and plan to work with the youth to introduce community
policing with the co-operation of area police and paramilitary force in
Karachi," he added.
Malik said that after Eid holidays, media
would be given the recordings and DVDs of alleged terrorists, who,
according to him, had confessed their crimes and their modus operandi.
The interior minister has earlier made several promises of exposing the
arrested terrorists to the media.
The Interior Minister also held discussions with the Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Karachi Saud Mirza during his visit.
He
also said that ‘surgical operations’ are still being conducted in the
city, in which the government has been achieving some success.
Malik further stated that at least 40 suspects have been arrested during these operations.
Meanwhile At least three people were shot dead on Eid day in Karachi in incidents of target killing.
According
to details, first incident of target killing took place in North
Karachi where some unidentified persons shot dead two people. The dead
were identified as Nasir and Tariq. Police have termed it an incident
of target killing.
According to police, one of the deceased,
Nasir, was Lieutenant Commander in Pakistan Navy and was currently
associated with National Shipping Corporation.
The second incident took place in Maripur area near Crown Cinema, where unidentified miscreants shot dead one person. Online
