‘Intelligence dabbling in politics affecting Pakistan’ rule of law’
By IANSTuesday, September 1, 2009
ISLAMABAD - A senior Pakistani official told a standing committee of the National Assembly Tuesday that the involvement of the country’s intelligence agencies in the affairs of the political parties has deteriorated the law and order situation, the Online news agency reported.
Federal human rights secretary Muhammad Farid Khan said the intelligence agencies are not doing their jobs and instead taking part in political affairs, resulting in the deteriorating law and order and human rights abuses in the country.
He made the remarks during a hearing on the Gojra incident, in which dozens of people were killed in communal violence, before the National Assembly standing committee on human rights.
Due to the involvement of intelligence agencies in politics, the law and order agencies are unable to curb the sectarian and religious militancy in the country, mainly in Punjab province, he cautioned.
He said there is no coordination between the local governments, district administrations and police, and that is why Gojra like incident happened.
These institutions are blaming each other for the Gojra incident and in the process the real culprits behind the tragedy are yet to be identified, he added.
