Rehman Malik, Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior, on Wednesday dispelled the impression of impending war between India and Pakistan and said that the political leaderships of India and Pakistan "are mature enough", and are against war.
"It is a misconception being created by the media. The leadership and people of both countries are well aware of the consequences of war and they are not ready to go to war", he said while talking to media persons on the conclusion of a function on Benazir Bhutto's death anniversary, organised by Nadra.
He told media that Pakistan has received a letter from Ajmal Kasab, accused for the Mumbai carnage. "The letter is being examined and, after thorough investigation, the government will be in a position to say anything on this issue. We have checked our national database in Nadra, and could not find the name of Ajmal Kasab in the record", he said. When asked if any counsellor access will be provided to Kasab, Rehman said that Pakistan "has no information" about him. "It is premature to say anything. First, we have to determine whether Kasab is a Pakistani national or not. Then comes the matter of any counsellor access", he added.
Regarding security measures during Muharram-ul-Harram, Rehman said that he had a meeting with the Inspectors-General and Home Secretaries of all four provinces. "Some cities have been classified as sensitive. We have evolved a strategy to call army, rangers and Frontier Corps to reinforce police and other law enforcement agencies to maintain law and order", he added. "We have talked to ulema from every sect and asked them to adopt a joint strategy to frustrate the evil designs of miscreants, who want to create unrest in the country", he said, and added that maps would be provided to the administration to enable them to provide alternative routes to traffic.
Earlier, addressing the ceremony organised by Nadra, the advisor to PM announced that on December 26, Nadra would issue free CNICs to women. He added: "By sticking with the vision of Benazir Bhutto, we will be in a position to get rid of many problems we are facing at present." Besides this, Nadra would establish registration centres in various parts of the country, which would be specifically meant for issuing ID cards to women, and would be run by female staff.
"Nadra has already established three centres--in Lahore, Mardan and Rawalpindi--while 10 more will be established soon," he said. He said that Nadra mobile was introduced to help people in far-flung areas to get registered.
He said that Nadra would very soon launch a scheme to electronically control vehicles all over Pakistan. Women empowerment was a dream of Benazir Bhutto, and the present government is making all-out efforts to turn this dream into reality by involving women at all levels, Rehman said.
He stressed the need for involvement of women in all spheres of life, saying that women are 51 percent of total population and without bringing women into mainstream activity the country can not attain the desired goals of development and prosperity. He said that education is a must for everyone, particularly for women, and called upon women to get educated and attain the leadership role to bail out country from crisis.
Every dimension of Benazir Bhutto was directed towards Pakistan and people of Pakistan, he said, adding that she established first women police station and increased the quota of women in all government departments from 2 percent to 5 percent.
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