Lashkar-e-Jhangvi to be rooted out in karachi

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi to be rooted out in karachi

According to the proposed plan prepared by Sindh home department, the operation will most probably be launched in Lyari Town and Sohrab Goth – the most sensitive areas declared by the agencies, said the official. Then it will be expanded to Manghopir, Orangi Town, Korangi, Manghopir, Landhi, Ranchore Lines and Ittehad Town.

Targeting the hideouts of banned outfits will be the priority, while the Rangers and police will be given special powers to conduct search operations in any house, mosque or madrassah.

The home department will ask the local people to cooperate with the law-enforcement agencies.

The government will constitute a powerful committee to monitor the operation whose members include Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad, Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, Chief Secretary Muhammad Ijaz Chaudhry, journalists and civil society.

The National Crisis Management Cell, a subsidiary department of the interior ministry, highly recommended both the federal as well as the provincial government to cleanse the city. “The federal government, by using all forces, should launch an operation in Karachi,” is the gist of a report sent to the prime minister earlier this week.

The report further revealed that several Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan factions and al-Qaeda elements have moved to Karachi. Such factions are penetrating deeper into the city every passing day, it claims. Therefore, a targeted operation is inevitable whether the military is engaged or not, NCMC Director-General Wing Commander (retd) Tariq Lodhi advised the government in the report.

The militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is responsible for much of the violence in the city and it needs to be rooted out, stated the report.