KARACHI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Friday that the police, rangers and FC would conduct targeted operations in the city and no media coverage would be allowed, . The Minister added that the Taliban were present in Katti Pahari. Speaking to the media after a meeting at the National Crisis Management Cell, the Interior Minister said control of troubled areas of the city would be handed over to the police, rangers and FC and they would take action in their areas respectively.
He said that 1,500 FC personnel were present in the city and they would be deputed to maintain law and order and if needed additional forces could be called from other provinces.
Rehman Malik said that according to intelligence reports Taliban were present in Katti Pahari and other areas. He added that the help of satellite and Google images would be used to monitor the city.
The Interior Minister said that political parties would be called to the Chief Minister House in a few days for a meeting. Police had succeeded in getting two terrorists’ ‘checkposts’ at Katti Pahari vacated, the minister said