Director General Inter Services Public Relations (DG-ISPR) Lieutenant General Asim Saleem Bajwa said Karachi operation will continue till the restoration of complete peace in the city.
Giving media briefing on Karachi operation, DG ISPR said Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif is committed to restore peace in Karachi.
Boasting the successes and statistics regarding the Rangers-led Karachi operation, Asim Bajwa said on Friday that more work needed to be done to completely rid the metropolis of violence and terrorism.
Karachi operation was commenced in Sept 2013 at a time when criminality, targeted killing and kidnapping for ransom were at their peak in the city, he said.
Since the beginning, Rangers had conducted 7,000 operation and detained over 12,000 suspects. At least 6,000 handed over to police.
“We have busted major gangs in Karachi. Out of the three major gangs two were collaborating with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).”
The security forces arrested at least 94 hardcore terrorists, out of which 26 had a large head money on them.
Due to the operation significant decline in terrorism activities, 69 percent decline in target killing and 89 decline in extortion, he said.
Regarding assassination of Karachi Police SSP Chaudhry Aslam and Karachi airport attack, Bajwa said these attacks were carried out by al Qaeda’s South Asia network, claiming the group’s commander handled those attacks from the Afghan soil.
He also showed a map of the Hyderabad Jail which he said was prepared by the terrorists with the help a constable at the prison for planning the jailbreak.
“Three terrorists, including a police constable who helped terrorists making this map, have been apprehended and are being interrogated by intelligence agencies.”
DG ISPR showed a video of a terrorists’ compound having a huge quantity of explosives, communication equipment and material.
“Weapons have been recovered in Hyderabad jail break attempt. Recoveries includ, grinding machines to grind explosives and make explosive material, vehicles, ball bearings, police and military uniforms, backpacks and communication equipment.”
