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ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Sunday supplied 3,000 machine guns and MP5 guns to the Balochistan police to make the force well-equipped with modern weapons to tackle effectively the scourge of terrorism in the restive province.
Sources said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, in a meeting, had decided that the army would provide as many weapons to the Baloch Police as possible to fight terrorism.
Accordingly, the provincial security force was also provided with 360,000 machine gun bullets and an additional 120,000 bullets for the MP5 guns, they added.It merits mentioning here that the decision to empower the provincial police with state-of-the-art weapons had been under consideration since the new government assumed power.
Meanwhile, the police and other law enforcement agencies conducted various raids in the Dera Bugti area and recovered huge caches of sophisticated weapons from the miscreants.
Balochistan Police get modern weapons - thenews.com.pk
Sources said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, in a meeting, had decided that the army would provide as many weapons to the Baloch Police as possible to fight terrorism.
Accordingly, the provincial security force was also provided with 360,000 machine gun bullets and an additional 120,000 bullets for the MP5 guns, they added.It merits mentioning here that the decision to empower the provincial police with state-of-the-art weapons had been under consideration since the new government assumed power.
Meanwhile, the police and other law enforcement agencies conducted various raids in the Dera Bugti area and recovered huge caches of sophisticated weapons from the miscreants.
Balochistan Police get modern weapons - thenews.com.pk