Summary The Ministry of Interior presented a report on Karachi operation in the National Assembly today.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - The Ministry of Interior today (Wednesday) briefed the National Assembly on the progress in ongoing targeted operation till September 10 in Karachi, Dunya News reported.
The ministry informed that incidents of target killings declined by 48%, murder cases 37% and terror-related activities were down by 76% in the metropolis. At least 1713 killers were arrested and around 15,612 different kinds of weapons were seized in the operation.
Karachi, a sprawling port city of 18 million people, has been wracked by criminal, ethnic and political violence since the 1990s but an operation by police and paramilitary forces launched in 2013 has brought murders down from a rate of seven or eight a day to two or three, along with a significant fall in street crime.
On the other hand, the National Assembly was informed that the cost of losses caused to the country in war against terrorism is estimated at more than 100 billion rupees.
The Parliamentary Secretary for Interior Maryam Aurangzeb told the House during question hour that the provinces are accorded help on case to case basis.
She said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa received over eleven billion rupees during 2009 to date in this regard.
PAKISTAN ARMY (AMENDMENT) BILL
The National Assembly today also passed The Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill, 2015.
The bill moved by Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Ch. Jaffer Iqbal provides to further amend the Pakistan Army Act, 1952.
Opposition members expressed their reservations on the bill and said it will affect the fundamental rights of people.
PTI leader Shireen MAzari urged the members not to approve the bill until its clauses are read out in the House.
