KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, reviewed on Monday overall security arrangements during Ramazan and the Karachi operation and discussed MQM chief Altaf Hussain’s speech on Sunday in which he had accused the paramilitary force’s director general of violating army’s code of conduct.

Sources said that a meeting chaired by Rangers DG Maj Gen Bilal Akbar and attended by senior officers took up several matters for discussion, including security arrangements during Ramazan and for Eid congregations in the city.

“The meeting reviewed progress of ongoing operation in Karachi against criminals,” said a source, citing proceedings of the meeting. “The meeting agreed to expedite operation against criminals and militant groups under the National Action Plan. It also reviewed the content of MQM chief Altaf Hussain’s speech which he delivered while addressing party workers the other day.”

On Sunday Mr Hussain had called upon the army chief to take notice of the alleged violation of army’s code of conduct by the director general of Sindh Rangers and other officials and urged him to do justice in the matter.

The speech was apparently in response to media reports that quoted Rangers sources as saying the paramilitary force was going to release a ‘fact sheet’ in a couple of days about the March 11 raid on MQM’s Nine Zero headquarters in Azizabad.

Published in Dawn ,July 14th, 2015

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