Pak plan to cancel passports of members of outlawed outfits

Islamabad - The decision was taken at a meeting of senior officials of Interior Ministry chaired by its minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.

 The government has decided to tighten the noose on members of the banned organisations, under-observation suspects and human traffickers by cancelling their passports and blocking their national identity cards.
The decision was taken at a meeting of senior officials of Interior Ministry chaired by its minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.
Those falling under the net would be denied facilities such as permission to open and operate bank accounts and obtain mobile phone SIMs and driving licences.
"While every effort would continue towards safeguarding the rights of the citizens, we will not falter in fulfilling our commitment towards ensuring security of the motherland and to check the elements bringing bad name to the country in one way or the other," the interior minister said.
He said that contrary to the propaganda of "detractors and panic peddlers", the law and order situation had significantly improved as a result of tireless efforts of law enforcement agencies. "We, however, need to consolidate and build on these gains and to redouble our efforts for further improving the law and order situation," he added.
According to Dawn.com, during the meeting, a host of issues were discussed, including various measures being taken against the members of proscribed organisations, human traffickers and proclaimed offenders, the progress made so far by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in mega corruption cases, various measures being taken to purge FIA from corrupt elements, institutionalisation of system of rewards in various departments of the interior ministry.
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