Police authority given by the Balochistan government to the Frontier Corps has ended here Saturday after remaining intact for last two months with the paramilitary force. There has been no notification for the extension of the powers from the Home Department.
Following the unrest and increase in the sectarian violence in the provincial capital on 2 September 2012, the provincial government had devolved the police authority to the FC authorising them to search and check the suspects. Inspector General Frontier Corps Major General Obaidullah Khan Khattak claiming decline in the incidents of violence in the city said there was tangible decrease in the terror incidents in Quetta after FC were given the police authority by the provincial government.
On account of firm and targeted action taken by the paramilitary forces against the outlaws creating law and order, terror incidents declined to 60 percent, IG FC said while highlighting the two-month performance of the FC. IG FC thanked the provincial government for reposing confidence on the paramilitary force. Maintaining peace in Balochistan was our priority and would always be supporting the provincial government when called in.
Frontier Corps has carried out about 26 search operations against the outlaws in Quetta and handed over 154 suspects after arresting them from various localities in the province, Obaidullah stressed. Some 96 weapons of different types, 4,500 ammunition, 350-kg explosive, and 3,500 detonators were also seized in various raids, he maintained.
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