Zubair yaqoob KARACHI
The Caretaker Chief Ministers of Sindh and Punjab along with their respective chief secretaries and inspector generals of police held a mammoth brainstorming session here at CM House to finalize the strategies for launching a joint operation against the bandits in the Riverine Areas of both provinces. Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi along with his information minister Amir, Chief Secretary Zahid Akhtar Zaman IG Police Usman Anwar and Minister Information called on Sindh Chief Minister Justice (Retd) Maqbool Baqar who was accompanied by his Home Minister Brig (Retd) Haris Nawaz, Chief Secretary Dr Fakhre Alam and IG Police Riffat Mukhatar and discussed the upcoming joint clean-up operation against the dacoits.
The two chief ministers discussed the gangs involved in the kidnapping for ransom, their overall strength, positions, and hideouts in the thick forests of the river Indus and exchanged notes on how to attack them from both sides of the aisle- Sindh and Punjab- and eliminate them once and for all by removing the stigma. Sindh Chief Minister Justice Maqbool Baqar said that he visited Sukkur and Ghotki and stayed there for two days to finalise the operation against dacoits. “I have given blanket approval to the police to start necessary procurement and coordinate with the Punjab police to start the operation.The Punjab CM Mohsin Naqvi said that the purpose of the meeting was to sit together to finalize the operation strategy, further, the police of both provinces would work together to eliminate the menace.
Punjab: Inspector General of Police, Punjab briefing the meeting that the main Kacha Area falls in the area of District Rajanpur, however, the Kacha areas of Ghotki & Kashmore also adjoin Rahim Yar Khan – the areas of Machka and Kot Sabzal police.
