HYDERABAD, Oct 1: DPO (operations) A. D. Khawaja on Friday issued notices to 14 activists of banned militant organizations to appear before him in person on October 4 with one surety of Rs500,000 and two personal sureties, a police source said.

The sureties are being required from activists of banned outfits under the directive of the Sindh home department which is acting on the orders of the National Crisis Management Cell of the federal interior ministry.

Thirty-one such activists belong to Hyderabad district and 50 others to other parts of Sindh, a police source said, adding that 14 activists belong to Karachi followed by nine each of Badin, Thatta, Mirpurkhas and Sanghar districts. In Sukkur region there are only 15 activists.