ISLAMABAD, June 24: Former Inspector General of Police DrKaleem Imam called for concerted efforts to fight terrorism in Pakistan. He was speaking at an event titled ‘Terrorism and State Response’ organized by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) here on Friday.
Imam termed maintenance of law and order, prevention and detection of crime, provision of security, prosecution of criminals, and countering organized crime as essential in a state’s response to terrorism. He shared that between 2017 and 2020, the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) in Pakistan had conducted 375,000 intelligence-based operations (IBOs). Listing the achievements of Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad in 2020, Imam shared that it had resulted in the freezing of assets and check on the movement of members of 78 terrorist organizations and killing of 353 terrorists. He added that Pakistan had come down from 6th in the Crime Index Ranking to 106th as a result of all the successes of the government against terrorism. – PR
Concerted efforts required to fight terrorism: Kaleem Imam
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