The government would soon introduce a law to counter and control improvised explosive devices (IEDS) and has sought inputs from all the provinces and other stake holders in this regard. The interior minister on Friday chaired a high-level meeting at the Ministry of Interior in which progress was reviewed regarding strategy for implementation of executive policy for curbing IEDs by all provinces and stakeholders.
The meeting was attended by high ranking officials of federal as well as provincial governments, including representatives of all law enforcement agencies. The minister asked the participants to offer their input in the proposed legislation to be enacted shortly through a bill named “Counter and Control of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDS) Bill, 2012” to be drafted by the Ministry of Interior. The draft bill would be circulated to all provinces for deliberations. He directed the Civil Defence DG to take the draft bill to provincial governments of Punjab and Sindh for discussion with chief secretaries, home secretaries and IGPs. Similarly, he directed law joint secretary at the Interior Ministry to take similar action in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan. Both officers have been directed to submit their joint report after which the same would be promulgated. The minister also directed the interior secretary to form a committee under the chairmanship of National Police Bureau director general for revision and modification of Blue Book according to the new challenges and new security trends, so that the outdated Blue Book could be revised according to the need of the hour.
