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.
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.
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.