PESHAWAR: The Provincial Apex Committee Khyber Pakthunkhwa at a meeting in Wednesday with caretaker Chief Minister Muhammad Azam Khan reviewed progress on the repatriation of illegal immigrates to their homelands.
Corps. Commander Peshawar Lt. Gen. Hassan Azhar Hayat, caretaker Minister Finance Ahmad Rasool Bangash, Chief Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, Inspector General Police Akhtar Hayat Khan and other officials attended the meeting.
Authorities of the relevant provincial and federal departments gave detailed briefings to the forum regarding the achievements/progress of their concerned departments to curb the illegal spectrum.
The meeting expressed satisfaction over the arrangements for repatriation of Afghan nationals through the Torkham border.
Matters related to the profiling of Non Custom Paid vehicles and registration of Madaris also came under discussion.
The meeting reiterated its resolve to deal with the issue of illegal activities such as smuggling with iron hand specially the issue of extortion, and it was decided to have a special session of the Apex Committee focusing only on extortion with the aim to devise a comprehensive strategy to effectively deal with issue.
The meeting also stressed the need to have special check on the supply of narcotics in educational institutions, and it was decided to initiate crackdown against the big fish involved in the manufacturing and supply of narcotics whereas Anti-Narcotics Force.
Excise Department and police were directed to devise a joint strategy to curb the menace of narcotics. The forum paid rich tributes to the sacrifices of security forces and law enforcement agencies in the war against terrorism, offered Fatiha for the martyrs who lost their lives during the recent terrorism activities, and expressed sympathies with the bereaved families.
The chief minister remarked that officers and Jawans of security forces and LEAs have offered unprecedented sacrifices for this nation adding that the government and people of this country hold these sacrifices in highest degree of esteem.
Azam Khan maintained that the government, security forces and the entire nation is determined to deal with menace of terrorism, and stressed the need to curb all the illegal activities which are anyway helpful in promoting terrorism.
He directed the high ups of all the relevant entities to ensure the implementation of the Apex Committee decisions in letter and spirit, and to further strengthen the coordination mechanism amongst all the stakeholders with the aim to deal with illegal spectrum in the desired manner.
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