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Terror activities may hamper dialogue process: Nisar
KARACHI: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said the Karachi operation is targeted only against criminals and will continue with added force.
Addressing a news conference here on Thursday‚ Nisar said the operation is not directed against any party or group‚ but only against criminals.
He said the federal government has directed law enforcement agencies that the perception of "missing person" must end and information about anyone arrested must be given to their relatives.
Secondly‚ the Interior Minister said the government will not at all tolerate torturing detained persons.
The Minister said no action should be carried out in civilian clothes. If CID has powers to carry out operations in civilians clothes‚ such operations should be recorded and the details of actions should be sent to home ministry.
Chaudhry Nisar said a committee has been formed to look into complaints of torture or lifting of persons without any intimation to their families.
He said police are being activated to eliminate crimes in the city. The police would be provided latest equipment and weapons to fight criminals and terrorists.
The minister said the targeted operation produced good results in the first few months‚ and 40 percent success was made in some areas‚ but criminals reacted and the operation slowed down during months of January and February. However‚ he maintained‚ the government has chalked out new strategy‚ which will produce positive results.
To a question‚ he said if terrorist activities continued‚ it will hamper the dialogue process with the Taliban. However‚ Taliban have assured that they will contact those groups also‚ which are opposed to dialogue with the government and are involved in such attacks.
Denying a statement of PTI leader Imran Khan‚ Chaudhry Nisar said the government or the armed forces never said that if a military operation is conducted in tribal areas‚ it will produce only 40 percent success. He said our armed forces are fully capable to launch a successful operation against terrorists.
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