RANGERS ANNOUNCE RS5 MILLION HEAD MONEY FOR LASHKAR-I-JHANGVI CHIEF

  Friday, 26 August 2016

source: shiitenews

Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Thursday announced a Rs5 million award for information leading to the arrest of Lashkar-i-Jhangvi al-Alami (LJA) chief Syed Safdar, said a spokesperson for the paramilitary force.
The paramilitary force urged the citizens to cooperate with them in the search for Safdar, his accomplices and facilitators.
The chief of LJA is “wanted in several acts of terrosism”, added the spokesperson.
Safdar operates under various aliases, such as, Khurasani and Mowavia.
“If anyone has information about him, he should inform the Rangers through whatsapp, phone number, email or helpline,” said the spokesperson.
Rangers have also said the name of the individual who provides information leading to Safdar’s arrest would be kept secret.
Karachi operation
The ‘operation’ against criminal elements in Pakistan’s commercial hub was initiated back in September 2013 after the federal cabinet empowered Rangers to lead a targeted advance with the support of police against criminals already identified by federal military and civilian agencies for their alleged involvement in targeted killings, kidnappings for ransom, extortion and terrorism in Karachi.
A high-level apex committee meeting chaired by the Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif on May 14, 2015 decided to implement effective policing and surveillance in the "vast suburbs of Karachi", to prevent what the military spokesperson said were "sneaking terrorist attacks"
Amid resentment and criticism from certain political circles over the ‘Karachi operation’, the military establishment in August said that there would be no let-up in actions by law enforcement agencies “to ensure a peaceful and terror-free Karachi”.
Although terror-related incidents have decreased significantly in the three years since the commencement of the Karachi operation, sleeper cells of terror outfits still exist in the metropolis and law enforcers have been making concerted efforts to eliminate the same.