Corps Commanders express concern at Karachi situation

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Corps Commanders express concern at Karachi situation

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Army top brass on Monday expressed concerns at Karachi unrest and hoped early turnaround.

08 August,2011 05:15 pm

Reviewing operations in the tribal areas, the corps commanders said the Karachi situation could also have far-reaching negative economic implications with a potential to have an impact on the fight against terrorism.According to an ISPR Press Release on the 141th Corps Commanders’ Conference under Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, “the forum expressed concern over the law and order situation in Karachi and its ramifications/implications on national economy and expected that the measures recently undertaken by the government would help redress the situation.”It stated earlier that the participants were briefed in detail regarding the ongoing law enforcement operations in Kurram and Mohmand agencies within the perspective of evolving security dynamics.The participants discussed the security situation in the country in general and Karachi in particular, it added.“The situation in the financial capital of the country could further tighten the government’s already limited capacity to finance the law enforcement against extremists,” a senior army official was quoted by another report.