ISLAMABAD: The Interior Ministry has suspended the licences of all prohibited bore weapons through which automatic weapons have been registered.
A notification in this regard was issued earlier this week. The decision was taken in line with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s promise to ban all automatic weapons.
According to the notification the owners of automatic weapons will be able to get their weapons replaced with semi-automatic firearms or get Rs50,000 in return for their weapons from the district administration.
The owners of automatic weapon have until January 15, 2018, to submit their weapons or get them replaced following
which all licences will be considered revoked, the ministry announced.
During his speech on the floor of National Assembly after taking oath as the prime minister in August, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had said: “There is not a single country in the world which allows the licensing of automatic rifles for citizens.
However, If you go outside Parliament right now you will see a private militia.
“Action will be taken against them if my cabinet allows for it. The federal government will seize all automatic weapons compensating people in return,” he had promised.
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