Summary PM Nawaz lauded the role of law enforcement personnel in Karachi operation.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan today (Thursday) called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad and discussed country’s overall security situation, Dunya News reported.
Sources told that the Interior Minister also discussed issued of extension in Rangers’ policing powers in Sindh and stressed that paralimlitary Rangers need legal protection to continue targeted operation in Karachi.
PM Nawaz also lauded the role of law enforcement personnel in Karachi operation, stating that situation in the metropolis has improved due to action against criminal elements.
Earlier on Wednesday, the law ministry sources told Dunya News that the Interior Ministry could issue a notification regarding extension in Rangers‘ powers under the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO).
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The deadline for Rangers to exercise exclusive policing powers in the city of Karachi ended on December 5 as the Sindh government failed to provide the extension.
The special powers to arrest and conduct raids were provided to Rangers under the Anti-Terrorism Act and were part of the ongoing operation against terrorists and criminal elements in the city.
Previously, these powers were extended every 3 months via notification by the Sindh government; however the provincial government was unable to submit the request to the Federal government this time around.
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Karachi, a sprawling city of roughly 20 million, has long had a reputation for high crime rates as well as ethnic, political and sectarian violence.
Overall levels of militant, criminal and sectarian-linked violence have decreased significantly since paramilitary forces began a sweeping crackdown in 2013.
