Urges govt to summon Indian HC to protest; also calls UN,
world community to take notice of Indian leaders’ avowal
Islamabad
The Senate Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control on Wednesday passed a resolution, strongly condemning Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh for their anti-Pakistan statements and urged the world community to take notice of the same and called on the government to summon the Indian high commissioner on this count.
A meeting of the committee held in the Parliament Lodges here, which was presided over by its Chairman former interior minister Senator Abdul Rehman Malik. The meeting was attended by its members Senator Ch. Tanvir, Senator Mir Israrullah Khan Zehri, Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi, Senator Muhammad Javed Abbasi, Senator Syed Shibli Faraz, and Senator Muhammad Ali Khan Saif. Senator Lt. General (R) Abdul Qayyum also attended the meeting as special invitee. The panel strongly condemned the government of Afghanistan for its inability to stop flow of drugs to Pakistan from its soil.
Rehman Malik moved a resolution against Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh for his highly condemnable anti-Pakistan statement. The committee unanimously passed the resolution and condemned Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh for their anti-Pakistan statements and moves.
The resolution passed unanimously by the committee said; “we strongly condemn the statement of Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh wherein he has threatened to break Pakistan into 10 pieces. The statement validates Pakistan’s claim of Indian interference into its internal matters. We consider it against our national integrity and against the diplomatic norms”.
The resolution said, “we demand of the government to summon the Indian High Commissioner in the wake of Indian Home Minister’s anti-Pakistan statement, which is highly objectionable and condemnable. We also urge the International community and the UN to take serious notice of aggressive statements by Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh”.
In-camera briefing was given by the Capital Police Department on Dr. Shahid Nawaz murder case. Malik instructed the police to satisfy the victim family and investigate the case as per satisfaction of the family of the deceased. He also directed the police official that challan should be finalised within 6 weeks.
Malik requested the Minister of State of Interior Baligh-ur-Rehman to announce a reward of 2.5 million to the informer if leads the investigation team to the arrest of murderers. “In addition a reward may be announced for the police officer, who resolved the case, which is highly important,” asked Senator Rehman Malik.
The committee was briefed by the Director of the Federal Directorate of Education on drug addiction in colleges and schools. The director told the committee that so far not a single case of drug addiction was reported from any government school in the capital territory. However the briefing by Dr. Waseem, Dean of Faculty Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad, was highly thought provoking and depressing, who fearlessly briefed the committee about the rise and open supply of drugs in the university premises.
He told the committee that the university administration has already reported about the growing uncontrolled crime in the university but no action was taken so far. He told the committee that the university was lacking boundary wall and the encroachers have built their houses on the university land and these houses either belong to drug suppliers or their supporters.
The Dean told the committee that it was impossible for the university administration to control the drug addiction and supply as police and other concerned are showing no interest in the matter despite of our continuous complaints.
Rehman Malik expressed grave concern over the facts and said he was shocked to know about the free supply of drugs in the university and lack of security in such a dangerous situation of terrorism. He directed the Secretary Interior to immediately set up a police chowki in the university and deploy a reserve police force to act against criminals involved in drug.
He also directed the Secretary Narcotics and DG, ANF to conduct a combing operation in the university against drug suppliers. Malik remarked, “if we cannot protect our youth today certainly we are pushing our future in darkness”.
In view of the alarming situation, a meeting of the committee has been summoned in first week of January wherein all provincial home secretaries, education secretaries, IGs and officials of ANF are directed to brief the committee about drugs addiction in their respective provinces and the measures they had taken so far to control.
Malik also directed the Private School Regulatory Authority (PERA) and NGOs working on drugs to attend the next meeting. Senator Malik and other members of the committee showed their concern over the fact that there are 7.2 million drug addicts in the country.
During the meeting the officials of Anti-Narcotics Force informed the committee that major supply of the drugs was coming from Afghanistan. Expressing concerns on the supply of drugs from Afghanistan, the committee strongly condemned the government of Afghanistan and urged the international community to help enabling Afghanistan to stop the drug supply to Pakistan. He also said that on one hand Afghanistan was supplying deaths to Pakistan in the shape of terrorism and on other hand it was supplying drugs.
The committee was also briefed by FIA on Grand Hyatt Hotel and about the criminal involvement of CDA official in the case. Malik appreciated CDA chairman for cancelling the agreement of Grand Hyatt Hotel and asked the Attorney General of Pakistan to help FIA in stay vacating as soon as possible. He also asked the Attorney General of Pakistan to provide a competent lawyer to FIA in this matter, which is of national interest.
The committee highly appreciated Secretary Narcotics Division, DG ANF and officials of the both departments for their effective result despite minimum resources.