Federal Minister for Interior, Senator A. Rehman Malik has directed the Printing Corporation of Pakistan to provide complete record of total number of copies of arms licenses printed by Printing Corporation of Pakistan and issued to Federal and Provincial Governments since 1947 and all Fake Arms License holders would be tried under section 420 PPC and other fraud and cheating related laws onwards. He issued these instructions while chairing a high level meeting at Ministry of Interior here Monday.
The meeting was attended by Federal Secretary Interior, Chairman NADRA, Director General, Immigration and Passports and Inspector General of Police, (IG) Islamabad.
It was decided in the meeting that FIA would enquire total number of Arms licenses (PB, NBP) issued by Ministry of Interior over a period of ten years starting from 2000 onwards. FIA shall conduct enquiry based on the record of National Bank of Pakistan which was authorized to collect challans and fee deposits.
NADRA shall revalidate all Arms licenses issued by the Ministry of Interior as well as the Provincial Governments with immediate effect. Rs. 1100 for PB and Rs. 600 for NPB will be charged as revalidation charges of Arms licenses. All applications for issuance of Arms Licenses will be received at all local NADRA offices who shall issue arms licenses from the same counter. Minister for Interior will inaugurate the distribution of Arms Licensees at Islamabad NADRA Office on September 22, 2011.
