Pakistan

Govt announces Rs10m for information on Taliban

Rehman Malik says govt will make arrangements to settle informers and their families anywhere in Pakistan or abroad.

Afp November 27, 2010

ISLAMABAD: The government on Saturday announced a reward of Rs10 million to anyone providing information about the Taliban.

"The government will make arrangements to settle the informers and their families anywhere in the country, even abroad, if they fear that Taliban might hurt them," interior minister Rehman Malik told reporters.

Malik said that most Taliban belonged to the banned outfits of Laskhar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-e-Sahaba.

Around 4,000 people have been killed in suicide and bomb attacks that have been blamed on the Taliban and other militant networks across Pakistan since July 2007.

Earlier, police in Islamabad had arrested two suspected terrorists who were planning to attack the parliament and a mosque in the capital. According to the Islamabad police, the suspects were waiting for a would-be suicide bomber who was to join them from Bannu district, and then had plans to target a mosque in a residential area of Islamabad.

COMMENTS (8)

Ahmer Ali | 13 years ago | Reply Assalam-o-Allaikum Warahmatullah.Who shall provide security to the informer and informer's family members because more than 50% security agencies are appointed on the security of corrupt President,Prime Minister,Chief Ministers,Governors,Ministers,Advisers,Bureaucrats and VVIPs on Pakistan treasury.Already common man's life security in Pakistan has been already on the edge due to political insecurity and terrorism then how the informer shall be protected?And if the present government has enough money to spend on such these types of useless activities then why the government doesn't spend huge amounts of money to uproot the causes of creating and spreading the terrorism and extremism in Pakistan and to uproot the elements of making and introducing the terrorists and extremists on priority and permanent bases so that there should be no terrorism and extremism in Pakistan and every citizen could live peacefully and calmly without any fear instead of wasting poor nation's and Pakistan's precious wealth.

Waqar | 13 years ago | Reply If my memory serves me well, the Americans offered similar financial rewards to any Afghan who offered information on Taliban sympathizers or those who were part of a militant network. Many innocent people were rounded up and sent to the infamous Baghram base and Guantanamo Bay based on false allegations provided by informants who had some sort of enmity or grudge against the accused. The ordinary man has fallen on hard times and if he is brazen enough and the money is right, well, he'll even don a Taliban disguise to fool the Americans and the Afghan Government into believing he is a Taliban mediator.

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Anis Qureshi | 13 years ago | Reply Tighten noose around religious parties who support taliban.

Umair Waheed Sheikh, Khayban e Hafiz,IBA Karachi | 13 years ago | Reply Go to Sohrab Goth there they will find the place teeming with Taliban. And all buses coming to Karachi from the North of Pakistan! Now where is my money?

CBS | 13 years ago | Reply God, they came up with a new way to stealing. Just imagine the number of innocent people getting tortured and more corrupt people will benefit from it.

Anoop | 13 years ago | Reply I have information about the Taliban: They are in North and South Waziristan. I want the money. Also, there are many extremists in South Punjab and Karachi, so please do arrest them.

Alibaz | 13 years ago | Reply thank God for this-even if there is some corruption here-as long as we catch these terrorists-even 1 suicide bomber-its worth the money. The taliban can never crush 99% of pakistanis ho want to move ahead, make money, have fun and fear God too.

nina | 13 years ago | Reply I wonder how many will come forward just for the opportunity to get settled abroad? Surely the number of false Taliban cases will increase especially with the govt's lucrative bribe system having been announced.

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