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Rangers` special powers extended for three months
KARACHI: Sindh government has extended the special powers given earlier to the Rangers for another three months, following persisting target killing incidents in the city, Geo News reported.A notification has been issued by the home department in this regard which defines that the special powers to the Rangers include authority to carry out raids as well as to detain and interrogate suspects.
The special powers were given under Section 5 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, titled “Use of armed forces and civil armed forces to prevent terrorism,” and it reads “Any police officer, or member of the armed forces, or civil armed forces, who is present or deployed in any area may, after giving sufficient warning, use the necessary force to prevent the commission of terrorist acts or scheduled offences, and, in so doing shall, in the case of an officer of the armed forces or civil armed forces, exercise all the powers of a police officer under the Code.”
Sindh Rangers were given special powers on August 24, which is about to expire on November 23.
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