Nisar rules out presence of IS militants in Pakistan
KARACHI Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday ruled out the presence of Islamic State (IS) militants in Pakistan.
“No organisation of this name exists in Pakistan,” the interior minister said while speaking to media representatives after addressing the passing-out parade of Rangers in Karachi.
Nisar said several militant organisations were operating in Pakistan as well as on the other side of the border.
The statement comes days after the provincial government of Balochistan conveyed a confidential report to law enforcement agencies warning of increased footprints of IS, also known by the Arabic acronym Daish, in Pakistan.
The ‘secret information report' stated that the IS has claimed to have recruited a massive 10 to 12,000 followers from the Hangu and Kurram Agency tribal areas.
Wall-chalking has also begun to appear in support of IS in some cities of Pakistan, including Karachi and Khanewal.
Take a look: IS recruiting thousands in Pakistan, govt warned in 'secret' report
Nisar lauds Sindh Rangers’ role in Karachi operation
Nisar also lauded the role of Pakistan Rangers Sindh, saying that it had carried out 4,000 raids and arrested 7,500 criminals during the 14-month long targeted operation in Karachi, said a report published on Radio Pakistan.
Addressing the passing-out parade of Rangers basic recruits training course-18 in Karachi, he expressed the hope that the left mission of maintaining complete order in the Karachi will successfully be accomplished by the new leadership of the Pakistan Rangers Sindh.
On the occasion, he lauded the role of former Director General of Pakistan Rangers Sindh General Rizwan Akhtar who led and initiated the operation against criminals in the city.
He also paid rich tributes to the soldiers of Pakistan Rangers and armed forces of the country who have sacrifices their precious lives safeguarding their motherland and combating terrorists.
He expressed the hope that the recruits who passed-out today will play their role in protecting their motherland and countrymen.
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But the sad fact is that these arrested people will be released soon. They have to be released as per stone age Sharia law.
Lets see if IK can also appreciate their performance.They have caught suspects of Zohra Shahid Murder...
I have never heard, if any government, whether present or the past, has ever downplayed the role of Rangers. All eulogize the role of Rangers, but criticize the police for the deteriorating law and order situation of Karachi. This indicates the duplicity of high-ups, as they feel reluctant to acknowledge the role of Sindh Police, which has given more sacrifices than the Sindh Rangers. For the sake of argument, if the Rangers is playing an effective role, then why the level of crime has not come down in Karachi, and still killing, snatching, kidnapping, theft and other crimes are rampant in Karachi.
Praise, well deserved.
@Indian Christian
Hey Dude exclude religion from your comments,Everybody knows what Indians have done in the past and still doing with muslims
Mr Nasar numbers they don't lie.... is the graph of crime, mugging, killing, snatching, sectarian violence gone down... if the answer is no...there is no point in carrying any further operations... it has negative effect on the people.. If the plant does not bear the fruits... it is just sucking the resources and nothing else...
@Indian Christian Dude, stop blabbering. Visit a doctor if necessary.
Mr. Nisar, prevention is better than cure. Do not spout nonsense when the threat is real. If the TTP and other groups have voiced allegiance to ISIS, then they are already part of it and they are already here.
He is an ignorant person. When Altaf said about the presence of Taliban, the whole interior ministry rubbished it, and now the same thing again.
right... and fairies are real ... and I have a unicorn !!
@ASIF The way religion has and is being exploited in Pakistan is a known fact. I do not know what is your source of information about conditions of Muslims in India. They are in all walks of life and those who are educated are triving where as conditions of anyone one in Pakistan is probably known to you, i.e. if you are not on another planet. Unfortunately if your source of information is your text books then Allah may have mercy on you. No muslims in India are outside your embassy in India queuing to go to Pakistan as they know the truth and they want their kith and kin to progress and No one wants to be forced to live in stone age interpretation of Islam
@Safwan reality bites ...
@Safwan We visit doctors when necessary. But don't forget to give Polio to your children and other Pakistanis.
@ASIF like how christians and hindus are getting killed in Pak...between, come over to India, you will know how muslim, hindus and christains live in harmony...they celebrate all their festivals and have national holidays, secularism for a change
They will ignore as in case of taliban and later will blame India, Israel and USA when situation is out of control
What you kidding... Wake up Mr. Nissar?
Is it another state of ignorant behavior?
@ASIF Indain have Muslim presidents, cricket captain, governor, scientist, Bollywood top actors, officials, Can u name any minority getting nay chance?
@ASIF : Yeah we also know that more Muslims were killed in Pakistan by Muslims in the last 10 years.
What is in a name? Can Mr. Nisar deny that the mentality and conditions do not exist as well? All the existing terror outfits need to do is change their name.
finally he woke up....
shift the capital and assembly to Dubai...or conduct assembly session on twitter ...like Bilawal Zardari
@KRana we have our share from minorities in every sphere of life. Cricket, Judiciary, Armed Forces, Civil services. We have 5% and you have more than 15%.
@Indian Christian dear, your comments would be perfect if you had chosen proper words, its not the sharia that is a problem, its the fabricated version of sharia that we follow has made us look like clowns to the outside world, having said that, us Pakistanis still has many sane people who love humanity and follow the true message for Islam that in love, compassion and co existence...unfortunately you never get to see that part of pakistan from that far because of notoriety we have gotten for all the wrong u see in media....its a request as a brother, plz dont disrespect any religion, though I do agree we arent good followers...peace.
Nisar including the whole PML(N) govt doesn't have a clue about its own pakistani militancy let alone IS militant. These guys are used to fooling pakistanis & the world because once they are out of govt they will be living in some foreign land with the loot collected during their reign. Has any govt caught killers of BB yet?
@Shahzad Ahmed Ohh dear please tell me any top name, you ll tell only bhagwan das which was also acting chief justice not even full.
@Indian Christian You seem to be well informed. Under what sharia law do you think these criminals would be freed to be precise? If you don't have an answer then you should keep your mouth shut...
Govt. denial means YES. There will be IS in Pakistan.
@ASIF How do you know? what do you know, Next time please do not care about Indian Muslims, we are Fine & happy. Just care about your countryman. We Indian Muslims do not belong from your Ummah Philosophy.
It is an undeniable fact that majority of Pakistanis is moderate and liberal and there is no place for terrorists and murderers like IS to get a ground in the soil of Pakistan. However, there is no doubt, that anti-state elements like Taliban, Jundullah and other outfit and banned organizations, might work under the guise of IS. In such a situation, the people of Pakistan in general and the intelligence agencies in particular, will have to keep an eye in their in and around on the local terrorists to foil the expanding designs of IS. If IS is a sincere in its struggle, first they should go Israel to liberate QIBL-E-AWAL and Palestine and then it should think for revival of Khilafat. Up to now, this terrorist organization has killed thousands of humans including Muslims (Sunnis, Shias) and Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Well Mr Nisar you need not accept it in public, but for the sake of the world peace and tranquility be a bit serious on this matter and do not let IS militants get hold in South Asia via Pakistan.
yeah right ! and just today ISIS posters were found in the streets of Lahore....
Really Mr Nisar !!
Here we go again Sleep and procrastinate. When the problem is above your head then react. PMLN team is filled with clowns. They don't want to do anything until they get kick on their rear end.
Please acknowledge the truth before we have a bigger problem than current chaos in Pakistan. Shutting ones eyes will not wish away the looming threat.
Mr. Bean either you are trying to be funny or simply playing a fool. Did you by any chance see the report from Baloachistan province concerning IS? Nope?
This makes me wonder if we will get any responsible interior minister who actually knows what to say and when?
@Indian Christian Truth? Lol, look, if you stop commenting on matters of which you have little or no knowledge you will actually do yourself a favor. By commenting and exposing your abysmal ignorance you are just insulting yourself on a public forum. There is a thing called Wikipedia, you might want to visit it once in a while. (PS FYI just a small example, the Sharia is a set of principles if any law respects those principles it is Shariah, so if law prohibits unjust discrimination between people belonging to different religions then it is Shariah, be it in the Indian, Spanish or US constitution).
Everyone knows pamphlets have been distributed in KPK and militants actually joined war in Syria. These fools try to make public fool. Utterly incompetent govt
@Ali Brother... Perfect!
No Taliban exist in Pakistan, No LeJ exist, No ASWJ exist, No Haqqani network exists in Pakistan. Osama Bin Laden did not exist either.
@Ali I don't intent to disrespect any religion. The fact I noted was that Sharia law is contradictory to modern democratic laws and do not give equality to people of other religion. I of course agree there are good muslims like you, but there is no need to hide the bad ones. Thank You !
Mr. Minister, please tell me that Osama was also not present in Pakistan!
Could it be that he is using too much of the product that he is trying to control?
@indian christian. You nailed the problem. Antiquated and obsolete laws meant for another time are wreaking havoc in the modern times. People brainwashed at an early age are in denial.
@KRana its not your issue, mind your own business, india is again involved in this. you are the root cause of all the problems.
Denial denial denial.... it will get you nowhere sir. Osama never existed in Pakistan till USA killed him.
There is Hinduvta and here in Pakistan it is muslim nationalism..problem with Indians is that they have a sizeable minority muslim population which cannot be thrown out and they know they have to live with them...hence secularism had to be promoted and became a popular mantra but deep down they are hard core hindu nationalist...we find glimpses of this everywhere in India...on the other hand Pakistan does not have such a big minority therefore we do not need to be secular in approach as 95% are muslims.
Since the politician of Pakistan lack creditably it is hardly comforting to hear that there is no presence of IS. Pakistan may become the a Prize Trophy for IS as it has Resources far beyond their capacity. Pakistan with its Nuclear capability becomes a natural Target. IS should not be taken lightly by these politician.
@Indian Christian Don't be so arrogant, it is time which never remains same for anyone. from 70s to 80s India was biggest threat of polio for whole world, we are eradicating polio and we will, even at the cost of our lives, no fear of terrorists. We made Pakistan for first time and we can make it again
@SK You forgot to mention what happen with muslims in Gujrat
@Einstein give up polio. Try your best to save your sovereignty. I m confused about your sovereignty. If you have sovereignty how USA can test their drone whether it work or not inside your country?
Nissar's denial of presence of IS terrorists is actually indication of their presence.
@sharabi Dude history tell us the nature of hindus and what they did
@Indian Christian read them again, this time with open eyes and mind
@ASIF why always claims muslims are victims everywhere. we all know whats the situation of nonmuslims in muslim countries.
He does not believe in logic.
@Shahzad Ahmed best written peace uptil now. 100% correct.
@ASIF Muslim lives much better in India than pakistan :-) and much more prosperous in India and they have more freedom in any other part of the world. Think about the minorities in Pakistan which is limited to 3% from 30%... Sharia law is of course a stone age law which should be banned in a moderate society ... Will not even mention the rights of Women.
@Sk Their source must be Jihadi literature which is spread against non Muslims and used to brain wash Muslims .... Don't believe what Hafiz saeed say.. Read some international news and use Google .. you will get better knowledge
@ASIF Just be a little reserved Sahib. I was born in India. I am very regular visitor of India. I know how is the situation of Muslims in that country. It is in no case that rosy as you want the world to believe.
He has now finally woken up
Live in denial mode even you and your party denied Punjabi Taliban
@Ali Wish Pakistan had more people like u
What a serious joke?
Nisar and the rest of the politicians will keep denying it till there is battle on the street of Pakistan against these IS militant and then they will deny some more Ultimately It will be the people of Pakistan who will pay with their blood for their lies
whats in the name...... whether or not people from Pakistan are joining or not IS, right under your nose.
Government is only trying to fool the people to divert their attention. Same thing was first said about Taliban in Karachi, now government is doing the same thing to cover their incompetence. With these politicians, our country is doomed.
@Indian Christian I fully agree with you
and he expects to be trusted, great.
Denial, denial and denial. Where are the escapees of Banu Jail?
Of course ISIS has not applied to register as a new organization in Pakistan because they are already doing business
@Indian Christian come on men, post good comments sometime. Blanket negative statements shows bigotry(yours).
@Ali Great response. Intelligent, fair and well-balanced.
@Hornet Thank You !
Let's keep ignoring the elephant in the room until it's ready to get out of control. Good job, we don't need enemies when we have leaders like this
I totally agree with the minister. Pakistan also does not have any corrupt politicians or religious extremists or any other terror groups. It is all a conspiracy to defame Pakistan. WHEN ARE THESE POLITICIANS GOING TO LEARN?
Every body knows not to believe in Chaudhry Nisar's utterances.
@imran ali . He will never wake up. Most unfortunate for the Nation whose leaders put their head in sand and feel secure.
Here he goes hiding his head under the sand again.
IS ... Pakistani Forces and Pakistani Nation is one against any organization which will try to hurt pakistan. pakistan zinda bad Pak Forces painda bad
Pakistan should take serious action against IS.
He must be dreaming...
Shows mentality of Pmln...
What is in a name?
It will soon.. Like iron towards a magnet
Dear Sir Nisar, please read your history again regarding khilafat movement of 1919-1924. ISIS may only be on the walls for now but the support for the cause in the hearts of many goes back a 100 years. In the absence of hope and progress, people cling to whatever that elevates their ego.
Yes we should bury our heads in the sand and deny everything.
The utterances of Interior Minister reminds me the famous maxim, "Nero fiddled while Rome burned." True! We nead no enemy if we have "visioneries" like Chudhery Sb controlling our destiny.
One day - a poor guy decided to act like a rich guy in the public - assuming that one day he would join rich man's club. He always professed that he is not a poor guy in the public ( when in reality - I walk with only one underwear every where and eat a roti once a day) - assuming that no one can catch him. Alas! - every other citizen knows him that he is poor and doesn't have enough to eat for himself and pitied him. Here, Nisar is acting bold as if Pakistan has no IS presence when in fact the signs and declarations are loud and clear from the tribal corners of the country. Instead of taking cognizance of the problem on hand, ducking the head into the sand and feeling good does no good - in fact would immensely harm the country population. Better take a preventive step rather than lament and blame on others for self-inflicted ills.
@Indian Christian why do u indians always blabber and why dont you people focus on ur own country, well! there is always space of improvement so u should or u ppl should spend time for ur own improvement and stop poking in our matters. U ppl really have alot of waste time