KARACHI, July 5: Adviser on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik has said the government has prepared a strategy to curb the activities of extortionists during Ramazan and a new anti-terrorism law for ensuring conviction of target killers will be sent to the National Assembly after its adoption by the Senate.

Talking to reporters after presiding over a meeting here on Thursday, Mr Malik tried to dispel a perception that the number of suicide attacks had decreased because of closure of Nato supply routes and that these were likely to increase after the resumption of the supplies.

He claimed that effective measures taken by the government to eliminate the leadership of Taliban had contributed to reducing the number of suicide attacks in the country.

“They are now resorting to detonating bombs placed in vehicles and motorcycles by remote control.”Referring to criticism by the PML-N of reopening of the supply routes, he said the party’s chief Mian Nawaz Sharif wanted an apology from the US like the one he had submitted to former military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf for going into exile.

The adviser said such apologies were not sought in relations between states.

He accused opposition leaders of assuring US functionaries of their support during their meetings and taking an anti-America in public.

Urging the PML-N to avoid double standards, he said the decision to reopen the supply routes had been taken in view of the country’s interests and in the light of the directives of the parliament’s resolution on the issue.

In reply to a question, Mr Malik said Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf was a sincere person.

He said the PML-N was a product of a dictator, while the PPP was a party of the masses which instead of promoting the kin of its leaders had promoted its workers and people from the middle class.

The adviser said targeted action was continuing in Karachi and several target killers had been nabbed and were being questioned about their collaborators.