Pakistan will soon start fencing its border with Afghanistan at some selective points to check illegal movement, said Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema (Retd), Director General National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC), here on Tuesday.
Addressing the weekly press briefing, he said that the government has decided to fence the Pak-Afghan border at some selective places besides erecting bimetallic system at Chaman, which would be helpful in reducing the illegal movement of people.
Cheema further said that Pakistan would also offer such services to Afghan government if it wanted. Pakistani security agencies have set up 1000 security posts along the Pak-Afghan border against only 100 posts of Afghan security forces, he added. To a question, he said that some of the refugee camps are reportedly used for undesirable activities and would be strictly monitored till their closure.
He said that the government has decided to close four refugee camps including Jungle Pir Alizai and Gardi Jungel in Balochistan and Jolozai and Kacha Gari in NWFP in different phases. In the first phase, those people would be repatriated who are not holding the Proof of Residence Cards (PoR) issued to the legal refugees, he said.
The DG also said that the Interior Ministry would present a list of missing persons to Supreme Court on April 27. However, he maintained that whereabouts of most of the missing people are still unknown and Ministry is making efforts for their recovery.
He informed that a meeting held in the Ministry on Monday and directed all the Provincial Chief Secretaries to provide the details whatever they have about the missing people till April 26. He also repeated the government's claim that due to linkages of some of the missing persons with the militant organisations, their whereabouts are still not known to the government.
He expressed his satisfaction over the present law and order situation in the Tribal Areas particularly, in the Khyber Agency, saying that the agreement signed between the government and local tribes has started bearing fruits.
To a question, he said that the government would not allow anyone to take law in their hands and would maintain writ of the government at all costs. He opined that protest is the fundamental right of each political party, but no one even the government would be allowed to violate the law. About Lal Masjid issue, he said that Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain is engaged in settling the issue through dialogue rather using forces.