Times of Islamabad

Crackdown launched across Pakistan on interior minister orders: Sources

Crackdown launched across Pakistan on interior minister orders: Sources

ISLAMABAD – A crackdown against the miscreants of the TLP sitins have beenordered across Pakistan.

Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi on Saturday said that thegovernment has decided to launch crackdown against protesters whovandalized the public property and injured innocent citizens in the garb ofpeaceful protests against the Supreme Court decision in Asia Bibi case.

Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Khan Afridi was given a detailedbriefing by different agencies on the situation.

Cyber Wing of Federal Investigation Agency and Pakistan TelecommunicationAuthority were reviewing the inflammatory content on social media. Both theagencies have been directed to obtain forensic data of miscreants.

Afridi said that the Ulema-e-Karam have assured the government that thevandalism was done by miscreants who were not part of their ranks.