Ijaz Kakakhel Islamabad
Members of a legislative body on Thursday apprised that terrorism incidents might be increased in coming years in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. These projection was made during the Senate Standing Committee on Interior meeting, which was held today at Parliament House while Senator Mohsin Aziz was on Chair. The legislators were briefed on the recent wave of terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Officials informed that 495 incidents had occurred in 2022 and 432 in 2023 against the 2582 and 3025 threats in 2022 and 2023 respectively.
They further projected that ratio of incidents might be increased in the following year. Moreover, Officials apprised that 1843 Intelligence based Operations have been conducted in these two years and 195 threats have been neutralized and around 602 accused have been arrested so far. Officials remarked that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Home Department is working tirelessly to ensure an effective board management as it will play a pvitoal role in terror eradication.
The Senate Committee deliberated on non-payment of compensation to the victims of landmines in South Waziristan. Senator Dost Muhammad Khan, mover of the matter, apprised that the compensation to landmines victims should be increased from 3 lac to 10 lac and it should also be given retrospectively. Secretary, Home Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, apprised that increase in compensation amount is prerogative of the Cabinet and the matter will be forwarded to the Cabinet in the next fifteen days.
Furthermore, the committee taken up the matter of custodial torture and killing of an innocent citizen named Sultan Muhammad, resident of Bajur who was arrested by SHO Chonko Nara, District Khairpur, Sindh on account of non-registration of the citizen with the Police Station.
