Terrorism has significantly reduced in Pakistan in last years: NACTA
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ISLAMABAD: The terrorist acts in Pakistan have significantly gone down and the communication network of terrorists has been destroyed, National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) chairman Ihsan Ghani informed the National Assembly on Tuesday.
Ghani, while presenting a report on the National Action Plan (NAP) in the NA Standing Committee on Interior, said that 37 incidents of sectarian violence and 426 acts of terrorism took place in the country this year.
In the latest US country report, India ranks higher in terrorism cases, with Pakistan down at the fourth place, the report says.
The report highlights various steps taken to clamp down on terrorism and terrorist networks in the country: 98.3 million SIMs were blocked and a biometric verification system for SIM verification has also been implemented in the country, said the report. Multiple passports of suspects were also blocked, it stated further.
Militancy in Punjab has significantly reduced in the rural areas, the lawmakers were told.
Ghani said that search operations using intelligence sharing were conducted in cooperation with provinces to eliminate armed militias. Special units in all provinces have been established to prevent monetary support of terrorists, the report said.
The report further states that 8,333 people have been placed on the fourth schedule, 5,023 accounts were frozen countrywide, and an amount of Rs300 million was frozen.
