The Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday directed
Federal Investigation Agency to submit short term, medium term, and long
term plan for reorganization of the agency with a set timeline.
The interior minister also approved in principal a proposal by CDA and
ICT administration for establishment of new sectors in the federal
capital to cater to ever growing needs of the low income federal
government employees.
To eliminate illegal land grabbing in capital city, the Interior
Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan directed Islamabad Capital Territory
(ICT) administration for establishment of special cell to check illegal
land grabbing and address the grievances of land owners in the federal
city.
A proposal of hosting executive members committee meeting of Geneva
based International Civil Defence Organization in Islamabad in 2017 was
also approved by the interior minister.
The interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was chairing a meeting
attended by the secretary interior, chairman NADRA, director general
Immigration and Passport, and ICT administration and senior officials of
interior ministry.
“Establish a special cell comprising of additional deputy commissioner
revenue and SP of Islamabad police and officials of revenue department
to address land grabbing issue in the capital city,” a spokesman for the
interior ministry quoted the Interior Minister Chaduhry Nisar Ali Khan
as saying.
The minister said that “innocent and poor owners of the land in the ICT
rural areas are hoodwinked by land mafia on rates far lower than the
original market rates and this practice must be stopped.”
The minister said that he would fully support all schemes and housing
societies aimed at providing residential facility to the low income
government employees.
The interior minister said that he had “no objection on land acquisition
in the city subject to the fact that the buyer and seller of land are
mutually agreed and the land is purchased at market rates.”
Meanwhile, with the upcoming month of Ramadan the Interior Minister
directed ICT administration to ensure reasonable prices of daily kitchen
items for the consumers and speed up the anti-adulteration campaign in
the city.
“The traders must be taken on board for the campaign of controlled
pricing of kitchen items and in the action against the adulterators,”
directed the interior minister.
The director general Immigration and Passport, and chairman NADRA
briefed the minister over the progress of suspension of CNICs and
passports of proclaimed offenders and absconders.
Chairman NADRA informed that “NADRA is in process of making a centralized data bank of proclaimed offenders and absconders.”
NADRA’s chairman said that so far it has received a list of 7678
proclaimed offenders and absconders from FIA, ICT Police and ANF.
The minister was apprised by the director general Civil Defence that
Pakistan’s membership of the executive body of ICDO has been extended
for term of another four years the by the Geneva based organisation.
The director general of Civil Defence said hosting of executive body
meeting would contribute to the soft image of Pakistan and would help in
highlighting its positive role in the achieving the overall goals and
objectives of ICDO.
