LAHORE: Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Shoaib Dastgir on Sunday said that Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and Special Branch have played a fundamental role in the elimination of terrorists and miscreants across the province and a remarkable reduction in incidents of terrorism has been observed. He added that delay in security clearance cases of citizens shall not be tolerated at all and such cases should be completed within given timeframe whereas Special Branch should keep the district police aware of the activities of the criminals. He added that terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Jahngvi (LeJ) has been completely swept away from Punjab whereas effective actions are being taken against Al Qaeda and Daesh as well. He further said that during last 11 months, 281 cases have been registered against terrorists and facilitators and 310 terrorists and their facilitator have been arrested. The IGP praised the initiatives of CTD and directed CTD to continue the operations ensuring cooperation in this regard.

Source: Pakistan Today December 01, 2019 16:18 UTC