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Terror networks broken, says Nisar Ali Khan

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said networks of terrorists have been "broken", however, the elimination of their facilitators would still "take some time".
Addressing the upper house of the parliament, Senate, he said that a Joint Intelligence Directorate of the National Counter-Terrorism Authority (Nacta) would be functional very soon and added that it would be a big step forward in the fight against terrorism.
He said for the first time 61 proscribed organisations had been put on record, and that these organisations had also been banned from the media.
The minister said that although the "situation in Balochistan was not normal", there was a notable improvement in the law and order situation in the province.
Nisar told members of the Senate that Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) reforms would be carried out in consultations with all the stakeholders, adding that a committee for reforms, headed by Senator Sartaj Aziz, would present its report to the government in the next few days.
The interior minister further said that International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) were being brought under the ambit of law and their working was being made accountable.
He said in the first two months, the process of registration of INGOs would be completed afresh, adding that so far 127 INGOs had applied for online registration. Only registered INGOs would be allowed to work in Pakistan, he added.
The minister said under the fourth schedule, more than 8,000 suspects had been identified and they were being monitored.
Earlier, the interior minister had said that the implementation of National Action Plan (NAP) will continue with full force and enthusiasm.
Chairing a meeting to review progress on the NAP and the registration of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), the minister said that the national action plan didn't belong to an individual, a political party or a government institution but it is the voice of the whole nation. He directed the authorities concerned to accelerate and organise the process of collecting statistics about all the points of NAP from across the country.
He said different points of the NAP will be categorised in the light of pace of progress on their implementation.
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