Federal Minister for Interior, Senator A. Rehman Malik talking to media after chairing a high level meeting at Ministry of Interior.— Photo by Online
The decision was taken at a meeting presided over by Interior Minister Rehman Malik. The meeting focussed on target killings in Karachi and it was revealed in the meeting that 256 people had lost their lives because of target killings over the past six months in Karachi alone.
They belonged to various political and non-political parties. According to a breakup, 69 victims belonged to MQM, 60 to the MQM Haqiqi, 29 to the PPP, 24 to ANP and 41 to other organisations.
The meeting also took note of the inaction of security personnel deployed at the Boultan Market to take action against anti-social elements.
The meeting decided to give special powers to Rangers in Karachi to take prompt action, in case of any violence, for safeguarding lives and properties.
“Following directives of the prime minister, a committee headed by an additional secretary has been formed to look into target killings and it will submit its report every fortnight to the ministry,” he said.
In addition to this, police personnel in civvies would also be deployed, he said, adding that strict action would be taken against miscreants.
Experts, he said, from the NWFP had also been sent to Karachi to look into two other blasts in Qasba Colony and Paposhnagar before the Ashoora carnage.
“We have 32 GBs’ video footage of the incident and teams are probing the incident from different angles,” he said.
NO SUICIDE ATTACK: The minister said the bomb blast in the Karachi’s Ashura procession was not a suicide attack, but a planted bomb.
“The probe into Karachi blast has revealed that the bombing was not a suicide attack. The bomb was planted along the route of the procession.”
Mr Malik said that 80 per cent investigation into the incident had been completed and the team would submit its report within three days.
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