Operation against terrorists continues under NAP: NA informed

17 Mar, 2016

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Thursday that operation against terrorists was continuing across the country under the National Action Plan (NAP).

Parliamentary Secretary for Interior Marryam Aurangzeb, while replying to a question, said steps and efforts of the Federal Government to control incidents of terrorism in Karachi city had proved to be very.

Acts of terrorism had dropped by 77 per cent, target killings by 69 per cent, kidnappings for ransom by 90 per cent and extortion by 60 per cent in Karachi, she added.

She said that the National Action Plan was being implemented in all the four provinces, including Punjab where number of terrorists had been arrested in targeted operation.

She said that target operations, registration of seminaries and actions against hate speech and material were being carried out in the country.

He said the National Accountability Bureau was also taking action against the corrupt in Punjab.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2016

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