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Govt turns to satellite imaging to tackle Karachi situation

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that the government has officially hired the services of satellite imaging experts

Express August 07, 2010

KARACHI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday said that the government has officially hired the services of satellite imaging experts to tackle the situation in Karachi.

The government decided to hire the experts keeping in view the rise of target killing incidents in the city.

The experts will monitor potential areas where unrest takes place through satellite imaging.

The satellite imaging will also help identify routes through which miscreants flee, in case a firing incident takes place.

Malik also said that any house which will be used as a hideout will be demolished and its members will be arrested.

COMMENTS (15)

Kamal | 13 years ago | Reply What the minister of interior is saying is impossible in Karachi, if they want to close eyes then they will close eyes. No one can do any thing untill its recorded and is not accessable by any other then the higher ups.

imran | 13 years ago | Reply i think the satellite might also be blamed as biased once it starts focussing the Governor's House.

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Arfan Alam | 13 years ago | Reply Mr Rehman Malik, Hiring experts a nice idea, Please tell us why the state spend lot of many on law and order in respond to inefficient force and intelligence.Mr Rehman Malik did you mean we are not capable of doing any think, Did you have any idea you surrender your resources against the situation. Or it is just a fair exit point.......

Farigh | 13 years ago | Reply Can you monitor them 24 hours and identify the persons involved? I seriously doubt that..

Sultan Ahmed. | 13 years ago | Reply Army action is one of the option remained.

azhar virk | 13 years ago | Reply Malik is just telling us how childish he and his team is. CCTV is much better than Satellites. just imagine for the time being as per Maliks SiFi scenerio that by using satellites they tracked few people, question is what is he going to do next. Does the Govt. and law enforcement agencies has the courage and capacity to deal with them. just imagine for the time being that Malik by using his Satellites have tracked them and have found men to chase them to their den then Malik add that the house they are hiding in will be demolished. then my question to Malik is Under what law of the state he will order to demolish that house?

AT | 13 years ago | Reply @izhar lol well put

faheem | 13 years ago | Reply The reason that thousands of close circuits cameras, Police force and rangers haven't done anything is that this exactly what the government want them to do. Just like the 12 may incident. Every one knows who pulls the strings of the puppet killers. Just imagine the state of that government whose minister says "he connot point towards the culprits because his hands are tied up".when he was asked about the karachi killings. If the hands of government are tied up which has control over each and every institution then who are the persons which have been given free hand to do any thing they want.

Tanzeel | 13 years ago | Reply Government needs political will to tackle Karachi situation.

Syed A. Mateen | 13 years ago | Reply My Dear Rahman Malik: You need to install hidden cameras all over Karachi to arrest the target killers.

karachiite | 13 years ago | Reply you have got to be kidding me! I am sure Malik has no idea what he is talking about, just like when he declared that there were survivors of the Air Blue Crash! You don't need satellite imaging to figure out the two parties involved in destroying my city!

Izhar | 13 years ago | Reply Look like Rehman Malik just watched the movie, 'Enemy of the State'

sunder memon | 13 years ago | Reply good to have, but technically, it is not possible. There r cctv camera. did they help in this situation. No! Then, how this will work.

Unknown | 13 years ago | Reply Nice Idea Sir !

Asif Khan | 13 years ago | Reply Nice approach and seems sincerity to control the situation but if again this is all same tactics with new style to make people fool than it is shame.

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