KARACHI: Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik has said all the
arms licenses shall stand cancel after 31 August . After that new
licenses would be issued after the verification of NADRA to overcome
the forgery.
He was chairing a high level meeting at Karachi in
which Manzoor Hussain Wassan, Home Minister Sindh , IG Sindh Wajid
Durrani, Saud Mirza CCPO Karachi, General Manager NADRA Brig. (R) Zahid
Ahmed and high ups of ISI, Rangers and FIA took part.
The
Interior Minister said that after the passage of current month police
would take action against unlicensed arms holders under anti terrorism
act by taking arms into custody. He said that during 2011 lot of
forgery was reported and misuse of arms licences for multiple entries
against one arm license. He advised entire arms licenses holders to
approach the nearest NADRA office for issuance of new arm licence which
has been specially designed with smart card to overcome the forgery
chances.
It was noted with great concern that mobile SIM cards
are still being used in criminal activities which is the constant way
of aiding criminals. In the meeting it was also appreciated that PTA
has blocked 2.1 million mobile SIMs but there are reports that still
many unverified SIMs are still being used.
It has also been
decided that it will be mandatory on the SHO of each police station to
collect and maintain complete population data of the
individuals/families of his area where NADRA and Population Senses
Commission will assist the SHOs at Karachi. He will also maintain
proper computerized record of the criminals/suspects/land grabbers and
drug barons of his jurisdiction.
In the meeting satisfaction
was shown about the areas being monitored through helicopters and other
means and it was decided to enhance the areal monitoring further to
pin- point the movement of criminals and suspects. Online
