Under observation: K-P unveils list of 5,362 Fourth Schedulers
List carries names of university professors, college and school teachers, and political people
The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) blocked CNICs of over 2,000 people. PHOTO: EXPRESS
PESHAWAR:
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Home and Tribal Affairs Department on Tuesday shared details of over 5,000 people from the K-P listed in the Fourth Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.
“We were asked to share details and we have shared all available Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) numbers of individuals on the list. But we are still unaware if the federal government has taken any action as we have not been communicated about it,” a senior official told The Express Tribune.
Currently 5,362 individuals are on the list but since the list is updated after every two months, the number is likely to change. The list carries names of university professors, college and school teachers and political people – even those elected during the recently held local bodies’ polls.
Currently maximum number of individuals [2,308] on the list belongs to district Swat. The list carries district-wise entries and Swat is followed by Peshawar whose 452 residents are put on the list.
The list carries 427 people from district Dir Lower, 379 from Bannu, 276 from Dir Upper, 201 from Hangu, 197 from Chitral, 172 from Kohat, 165 from Torghar, 129 from Dera Ismail Khan, 113 from Abbottabad, 103 from Buner, 92 from Shangla, 90 from Lakki Marwat and 85 from Mansehra.
It also carries names of 67 individuals from Charsadda and 59 from Nowshera, 55 from Haripur, 42 from Mardan, 25 from Tank, 24 from Malakand, 14 from Swabi, 10 from Kohistan and nine individuals from district Batagram.
He said people on the list are being monitored by the station house officer (SHO) of the police station concerned, adding that such people meet the SHO at different intervals and inform them before leaving the area.
“They have also to inform the SHO on arrival back home. Such people are not allowed to visit public gatherings including playgrounds, political gatherings, where large number of people gather except for marriages and funeral prayers of relatives,” he added.
He said the home department officials came to know about the federal government’s action that it closed down bank accounts of over 2,000 individuals and also imposed travel curbs on them. However, he said, it was the Centre’s – specifically, the interior ministry’s – job to put people on the list.
“Mostly the individuals on the list are anti-social elements but they are not anti-state, since anti-state elements are either arrested or declared proclaimed offenders (POs),” he said, adding “there is a separate list of the POs whereas people on the Schedule Fourth list are kept under observation.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 16th, 2016.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Home and Tribal Affairs Department on Tuesday shared details of over 5,000 people from the K-P listed in the Fourth Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.
“We were asked to share details and we have shared all available Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) numbers of individuals on the list. But we are still unaware if the federal government has taken any action as we have not been communicated about it,” a senior official told The Express Tribune.
Currently 5,362 individuals are on the list but since the list is updated after every two months, the number is likely to change. The list carries names of university professors, college and school teachers and political people – even those elected during the recently held local bodies’ polls.
Currently maximum number of individuals [2,308] on the list belongs to district Swat. The list carries district-wise entries and Swat is followed by Peshawar whose 452 residents are put on the list.
The list carries 427 people from district Dir Lower, 379 from Bannu, 276 from Dir Upper, 201 from Hangu, 197 from Chitral, 172 from Kohat, 165 from Torghar, 129 from Dera Ismail Khan, 113 from Abbottabad, 103 from Buner, 92 from Shangla, 90 from Lakki Marwat and 85 from Mansehra.
It also carries names of 67 individuals from Charsadda and 59 from Nowshera, 55 from Haripur, 42 from Mardan, 25 from Tank, 24 from Malakand, 14 from Swabi, 10 from Kohistan and nine individuals from district Batagram.
He said people on the list are being monitored by the station house officer (SHO) of the police station concerned, adding that such people meet the SHO at different intervals and inform them before leaving the area.
“They have also to inform the SHO on arrival back home. Such people are not allowed to visit public gatherings including playgrounds, political gatherings, where large number of people gather except for marriages and funeral prayers of relatives,” he added.
He said the home department officials came to know about the federal government’s action that it closed down bank accounts of over 2,000 individuals and also imposed travel curbs on them. However, he said, it was the Centre’s – specifically, the interior ministry’s – job to put people on the list.
“Mostly the individuals on the list are anti-social elements but they are not anti-state, since anti-state elements are either arrested or declared proclaimed offenders (POs),” he said, adding “there is a separate list of the POs whereas people on the Schedule Fourth list are kept under observation.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 16th, 2016.