PTI has given 20 recommendations to govt to fight terrorism in the National Action Plan Committee, as informed by Dr Arif Alvi to Dawn. dawn/news/1152436/pti-condemns-ttp-other-terrorist-groups #PTIrecommends a policy and time-frame for the return of the Afghan refugees to their country as they have become a burden on KP govt. #PTIrecommends better coordination with the armed forces #PTIrecommends steps for a “counter-narrative to the justification of terrorist activities, particularly as and when religion is used” #PTIrecommends to ensuring that ‘madaris’ were not used for terrorism’s justification and indoctrination and as centres for such activities #PTIrecommends to integrate the seminaries into the national mainstream while preserving their focus on religious education. #PTIrecommends to have a strategy to win hearts & minds of the people who were either coerced or volunteered to cooperate with terrorists #PTIrecommends development of a rapid response strategy & setting up of a rapid response force for immediate punitive & preventive action #PTIrecommends improvement in precision of action to limit innocent casualties. #PTIrecommends curtailment, through PEMRA, of glorification of terrorism by the media and its justification. #PTIrecommends It called for steps for the rehabilitation of the victims of terrorism as well as those who surrendered #PTIrecommends control of licensed & unlicensed weapon, restriction on availability of arms & ingredients used in making of IEDs #PTIrecommends all planning should look at the entire gamut of terrorism in Pakistan & should include misguided jihadism, sectarianism, and ethnicity (in Karachi and interior Sindh), Kashmir jihad-related activity which morphs into fighters available for other activities and and non-state actors based in Pakistan #PTIrecommends performance enhancement of the LEAs, implementation of existing anti-terror laws including PPO in a fair but effective manner #PTIrecommends improvement in efficiency of judiciary, effective witness protection programme & capacity-building of prosecuting agencies Full draft of the Anti-Terror Action plan as being proposed by PTI can be read and improvements suggested within the comments section on the website na250/a_broad_outline_of_an_anti_terror_policy
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 09:40:22 +0000
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