Pakistan Views

Caretaker Minister for Interior Lt. Gen. (rtd) Hamid Nawaz Khan Tuesday said the observers will be allowed freedom of movement during the elections for polls monitoring. Addressing the media in a ceremony held in connection with plantation drive on Tuesday morning, he said the capture of Taliban leader Mansoor Dadullah is a great achievement, as it will help control the terrorism to a large extent. It should be mentioned that FC captured Mansoor Dadullah along with his four accomplices in a full-fledged crackdown near Chaman area. Responding a question regarding the ban on political gatherings in Rawalpinidi’s historic Liaquat Bagh, he said the place is situated in a well-populated urban area, where security risks run very high. ‘There are some other suitable and alternative places in the city for the purposes and if the district administration does not permit the holding of any gathering at Liaquat Bagh, then the political venues can be set at alternative places,’ Hamid Nawaz maintained. Reacting to the lawyers boycott and protest against the elections, the caretaker interior minister warned no one would be allowed to interfere in the electoral process.