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ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday formed a high-powered committee and asked it to devise a strategy to curb terrorism.
The committee was constituted during a security meeting convened by the prime minister in the backdrop of the Marriott Hotel bombing.
A source told Dawn that the committee would be headed by Rehman Malik, the prime ministers adviser on interior affairs. Other members would be the law minister, the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, the secretaries for interior, foreign affairs and information, the Rawalpindi corps commander, the directors-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence, Intelligence Bureau and Federal Investigation Agency, the chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority and the Islamabad police chief. Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz, a minister in the caretaker cabinet, would also sit on the body.
The committee will prepare an anti-terror strategy after reviewing all aspects and its repercussions.
It was asked to present the strategy to the prime minister in three days.
In reply to a question, the source said the committee did not have a mandate to decide whether the government should hold talks with militants.
It will only suggest the best measures to prevent and foil attempts to carry out suicide attacks in the country, especially in Islamabad, the source said.
According to a handout, the committee will review the existing system of disaster management, identify shortfalls and give recommendations within three days to check the security threat to the federal capital in the wake of the attack on Marriott Hotel.
The meeting decided to equip all security forces, especially police, with modern weapons, gadgets and bomb detectors.
The need for installing security cameras in all major cities was emphasised at the meeting.
The adviser, the interior secretary, the Islamabad police chief and the DGs of FIA and ISI apprised participants of the findings of their organisations about the attack on the hotel.
Former interior ministers Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao and Hamid Nawaz attended the meeting on special invitation and suggested various measures to beef up security.
Senates Deputy Chairman Jan Mohammad Jamali and National Assemblys Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi also attended the meeting.
The prime minister said the government would provide funds to enable law-enforcement agencies to enable them to deal with acts of terrorism.
He stressed the need for minimising the response time while dealing with such disasters. Standard operating procedures should be adopted for efficient handling of such challenging situations.
Mr Gilani said: Ulema should tell people that such acts are not only against the spirit of Islam but also tarnish the countrys image.
DAWN.COM | Front Page | Body formed to combat terrorism
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Wo katey hain na... "A committee is a group of the unwilling chosen form the unfit, to do the unnecessary."
The committee was constituted during a security meeting convened by the prime minister in the backdrop of the Marriott Hotel bombing.
A source told Dawn that the committee would be headed by Rehman Malik, the prime ministers adviser on interior affairs. Other members would be the law minister, the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, the secretaries for interior, foreign affairs and information, the Rawalpindi corps commander, the directors-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence, Intelligence Bureau and Federal Investigation Agency, the chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority and the Islamabad police chief. Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz, a minister in the caretaker cabinet, would also sit on the body.
The committee will prepare an anti-terror strategy after reviewing all aspects and its repercussions.
It was asked to present the strategy to the prime minister in three days.
In reply to a question, the source said the committee did not have a mandate to decide whether the government should hold talks with militants.
It will only suggest the best measures to prevent and foil attempts to carry out suicide attacks in the country, especially in Islamabad, the source said.
According to a handout, the committee will review the existing system of disaster management, identify shortfalls and give recommendations within three days to check the security threat to the federal capital in the wake of the attack on Marriott Hotel.
The meeting decided to equip all security forces, especially police, with modern weapons, gadgets and bomb detectors.
The need for installing security cameras in all major cities was emphasised at the meeting.
The adviser, the interior secretary, the Islamabad police chief and the DGs of FIA and ISI apprised participants of the findings of their organisations about the attack on the hotel.
Former interior ministers Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao and Hamid Nawaz attended the meeting on special invitation and suggested various measures to beef up security.
Senates Deputy Chairman Jan Mohammad Jamali and National Assemblys Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi also attended the meeting.
The prime minister said the government would provide funds to enable law-enforcement agencies to enable them to deal with acts of terrorism.
He stressed the need for minimising the response time while dealing with such disasters. Standard operating procedures should be adopted for efficient handling of such challenging situations.
Mr Gilani said: Ulema should tell people that such acts are not only against the spirit of Islam but also tarnish the countrys image.
DAWN.COM | Front Page | Body formed to combat terrorism
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Wo katey hain na... "A committee is a group of the unwilling chosen form the unfit, to do the unnecessary."
well there is saying that when a committee is formed to solve any problem in Pakistan then be sure that problem is not going to be solved in years.
I doubt it will work. 
