ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Tuesday offered assistance to Sindh in a bid to curb rising street crimes in the metropolis, saying that the federal government was ready to increases deployment of Rangers in the province.
“The government was ready to provide more personnel of Ranger to the Sindh government, in case the provincial chief minister made request as per the constitution,” the interior minister said while addressing a press conference on Tuesday.
“Even we were ready to deploy Ranger in police stations for maintenance of law and order in Karachi,” Rashid said, adding: “We are ready to extend whatever support chief minister Sindh will ask for.”
Talking to the journalists, Sheikh Rashid also announced that modern cricket stadium was being constructed besides setting up a new five start hotel in Islamabad.
“Capital Development Authority (CDA) has also been directed to auction three plots in prime location for setting up new modern hospitals. After provision of health card by the government, the people were now getting free treatment from private hospitals resulting ease of pressure on public sector hospitals in the federal capital”, he added.
He further shared the schedule of high profile events in the days ahead, saying that Prime Minister Imran Khan will be visiting Russia tomorrow, the OIC conference is scheduled on March 22 while the Australian cricket team is visiting Pakistan on March 27.
He said 13 new passport offices besides 28 new NADRA offices were being set up across the country to facilitate the masses. He said service of 1819 was also being restored along with modernizing service of Rescue 1122.
The minister said a high-level Service Centre of Police was being established at F-6 where 28 services would be provided to the citizen under one roof.
About no confidence motion of the opposition against the prime minister, Rashid said Imran Khan would emerge victorious in this political battle and the opposition would face embarrassment like in the past.
Responding to a question, he said politicians never closed their doors for talks with others and PML-N top leadership met with PML-Q leaders after 14 years. Jahangir Tareen was a seasoned politician and in his personnel views there was no harm to engage him, he observed.
To a separate query, he said all out of order cameras of safe-city were being repaired. He advised the people to provide data to the concerned police stations before renting out of their houses to tenants.
