Pakistan no more on human-trafficking watch list: Malik

Responding to queries during National Assembly session, Federal Interior Minister said that was on watch list but now due to FIA efforts human trafficking was discouraged.On its role in addressing corruption, the minister said that so far FIA has recovered Rs 808 million lost in corruption.To a question, he said that Transparency International is a small institution therefore its report is not final and it should be noted that corruption in Pakistan can never measured on the same tools as that in Europe.To a question about small number of police in proportion to population in the country, Malik said that number of police personnel is being enhanced some more people were recruited and more would be recruited.On situation in Bajur he said that law and order was improved in the tribal agency and number of decreasing check posts in the area is under consideration.When he was asked about efficiency of NADRA, he said that 94 percent people were registered and the remaining would on roll soon. About fake NIC of Afghans, he said that 90,000 such NIC were cancelled and action was being taken against the responsible officers.Meanwhile, to the question regarding relief and rehabilitation in the flood-hit areas he said that about 3 lac families or 60-70 lacs of people were affected and now only 300 are homeless who never want to return. He blamed NGOs for bribing them to not return for their own interest.This government, he said, faced natural calmities including flood of 2010, the situation in Swat, floods of 2011 and so on. “I say that this government was efficient enough in tackling the flood affected areas,” he said, adding that rehabilitation of so a large population was not an easy task.Earlier, at the start of the session under Chairmanship of Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi, Suriya Jatao, the new member of the national assembly on reserved seat, took oath as a member.