*ISLAMABAD: A Training Centre amd Firing Range is being built inside USembassy in Islamabad, media and reported.*
The Senate Standing Committee on Interior took a special note of theoccurrence.
Senate committee expressed concern over the construction of a firing rangein the US embassy and directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA)chairman to present a map of the embassy along with permission for thespecialized facility.
“The country’s sovereignty could never be compromised. Construction of atraining centre and a firing range by any embassy is a serious issue,” saidthe committee’s chairman Senator Abdur Rehman Malik.
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He asked the interior and foreign affair ministries to give a briefing onthe matter in the next meeting while also directing the CDA to present amap of the US embassy and permission for the construction.
The committee also called upon international community and the UnitedNations secretary general to take immediate notice of terrorist activitiesof Da’ish in South Asia and adopt measures to block its further expansionwell on time.
