Post Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park: Centre asks K-P for list of schedule 4 suspects

PESHAWAR:

The federal government asked the K-P government to send all the lists of suspects on Schedule 4 of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 so their CNICs and passports could be blocked.

Talking to The Express Tribune, a government official said the decision was taken by the Ministry of Interior after Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park was attacked in Lahore and the Punjab government started arresting Schedule 4 suspects.

“Their CNICs and passports will be blocked and further action like strict monitoring will be taken against them,” he added. While a year ago, there were over 2,000 people on the list, after thorough revision by K-P police, the current number of suspects increased to 5,362.



Around 4,405 suspects, a vast majority, are allegedly involved with banned group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. Sectarian outfits, those repatriated from Guantanamo and Afghanistan have also been included in the list.

In addition to militants and those suspected of sectarianism, around 103 hardened criminals have also been put on the list. “These people are closely monitored by police stations and they cannot move out of the jurisdiction of their local police stations without informing the police.”

Published in The Express Tribune, April 1^st,  2016.