Seminaries facilitating terrorism to be named in Fourth Schedule: IGP Sindh

The Inspector General of Police Sindh AD Khowaja has said that some seminaries that are suspected of facilitating terrorism or promoting extremism will also be included in the Fourth Schedule list under the Anti-Terrorism Act. He said a request has been submitted by the province’s police to the federal authorities for the purpose.

Khawaja said it is not possible for the police to deploy personnel at all the mosques, imambargahs and other places of worship in the province. However, he said, besides the nine most important shrines that have been classified in category ‘A’ of security, religious places considered sensitive are being properly manned by security personnel.
According to the IG, female police officials will be appointed for deployment at sensitive shrines.
He said that some individuals with extremist tendencies may have been inspired by that takfiri Daesh terrorist organisation but continuous security steps haven’t allowed them [Da’ish] to gain a foothold. Talking to the media in Hyderabad at the inauguration of a reporting centre inaugurated at the Sakhi Pir police station, the threat that the international terror group may be making its presence known in the province grew after the terrorist incidents in Shikarpur district and Sehwan. “Some local terrorist groups are believed to be facilitating these terrorist attacks.”