The government has proposed Rs 1.5 billion for National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) in budget 2018-19, according to the budget documents.
According to details, the NACTA had demanded Rs 1.5 billion which have been allocated and kept in lump sum provision to be released as and when required and demanded by the NACTA.
An official said that the government had allocated Rs 1.67 billion in budget 2016-17 and in budget 2015-16 allocated Rs 1.06 billion against total demand of Rs 2.1 billion. The government allocated Rs 92 million in budget 2014-15 for NACTA and Rs 95 million for the Authority in the budget 2013-14.
He said that main departments of NACAT included Joint Intelligence Directorate, and NACTA research and development cell. The main objective of JID in NACTA was to ensure complete coordination and dissemination of real-time information among all 24 intelligence agencies operating in the country.
He said that JID consists of 413 officers including officers from the Military Intelligence (MI), Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and other agencies and departments. The purpose of NACTA research and development fund was to carry out research on topics relevant to terrorism and extremism, he added.
The function of NACTA includes receiving and collecting data or information or intelligence and its dissemination and coordination among all relevant stakeholders to formulate threat assessments with periodic review to be presented to the federal government for making adequate and timely effort to counter terrorism and extremism.
The Authority is also responsible for preparing comprehensive national counter terrorism and extremism strategies and reviewing them on periodic basis. The additional responsibilities of NACTA include security of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) - establishments of Special Security Division (SSD) - implementation of National Action Plan (NAP), establishing of toll free helpline for countering terrorism (CT 1717), foreigners' security and repatriation of foreign nationals.
Comments
Comments are closed for this article.