Deployment as private security guard: PAC directs secretary interior to withdraw Rangers

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Saturday taking strong exception to deployment of Ranger personnel on security of private persons and non-entitled officers and directed the secretary interior to withdraw all such facility within a month.The PAC meeting was held here with Chaudhry Nisar Ahmed Khan in the chair.
The committee expressed serious concern over Rangers' deployment in the provinces without the permission of concerned provincial governments and questioned 'why an institutional force is being used as watchman.' Secretary Interior, Qamar Zamaan told PAC that the Rangers were deployed for the security of those persons who have been receiving life threats.
The committee showed dissatisfaction over the reply and said that due to security situation, people also felt life threats so why not Rangers be deployed for their security. The committee chairman said that Rangers were not being used for security purposes but also now-a-days, it has become a status symbol.
The committee while examining the audit paras of Cabinet Division directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to submit report within a month over usage of billboards for political purposes. Yasmeen Rahman, Nadeem Afzal Chan, Riaz Fatyana, Saeed Ahmad Zafar and Sardar Ayyaz Sadiq attended the PAC meeting.