Imran Khan opposes military operation in Karachi

Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan has opposed any military operation in Karachi.  

Talking to media in Islamabad on Friday‚ he said that police should be depoliticized. He said the nation has already faced negative consequences of military operation in 1992.

He proposed that a special police force should be constituted to address the issue of urban terrorism.

Meanwhile‚ addressing an awareness workshop about right to Information Act in Islamabad‚ Imran Khan said that the Act help make Khyber Pakhtunkhwa a role model for other provinces.

He said transparency of information is vital to the functioning of democracy and also to improve governance‚ reduce corruption and to hold government more accountable to its citizens.

He said other major items on the party’s agenda would also be implemented soon‚ including setting up of an independent accountability commission; introducing a genuine local government system aimed at empowering people at the grassroots level and bringing revolutionary changes in education and health sector.

KPK Secretary Information Azmat Hanif Orakzai explained the salient features of the ordinance‚ whose constitutional life was 90 days. After that it would be laid before the provincial assembly for making it an act.

Advisor to Chief Minister KP on Economic Affairs‚ Rafaqat Ullah Babar said that this law made it a penal offence if a person willfully obstructs access to any record with a view to preventing the exercise of a right provided for in the ordinance.

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