Pakistan Inter-agency meeting on counter improvised explosive device strategy

The second inter agency meeting, headed by Lieutenant General Rashad Mahmood, the Chief of General Staff (CGS), was Held on Monday at the General Headquarters, the first round Held Effective in January 2012.

Selon year ISPR press release, Representatives of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Minister of Industries, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Ministry of Interior, FATA Secretariat, Pak-Arab Fertilizers, Biafo, and Wah Nobel Group Attended the meeting. The panel terrorism threats and challenges Reviewed Posed by IEDs in the present environment and Rightly APPROBATION em as the "Cheapest Assassins."

The counter improvised explosive device (CIED) policy and strategy Were discussed Principals in detail with stress on the growing challenges include That Increasing rate of causalities Domestically and Internationally. The biggest challenge Pakistan faces regional today is not only to Mitigate the effects aussi aim to Increase awareness in general public across the country so as to Prevent Them from Becoming apart of this threat, unwittingly.

The need is to bring on board Both civil and military efforts and CIED Pursue aggressive strategy in Manner year. The most significant step is to Identify the Grey Areas and cultivate a way forward for Pursuing the policy. Referred as IEDs are the weapons of choice That Requires a 'whole-of-nation' approach to be countered.

A new power is Being raised comprenant of CIED three units by the Pakistan Army. While the overall threat HAS beeon growing, the number of IEDs has-beens successfully Reduced in the conflict zone from 55 percent to 45 percent in the last couple of years.

During the meeting, the need for national and international legislation on relevant issues was: stressed upon. The panel Noted That A number of other countries affected by IEDs Have Carried out legislation to bring this threat under control goal not yet made Pakistan HAS Any progress on legal plane. The issues like border control, tracking down terrorist networks and random checks in FATA aussi cam under discussion.

A regulatory mechanism was discussed Principals in detail for effective control of move of the explosive material and Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) fertilizer from various regional and extra-regional countries. It was APPROBATION que les traders Could inadvertently help the terror networks by selling electric circuits, long range remote controls, switches and activation CAN fertilizer.

It may be Mentioned That, inter alia, Pakistan is one of the top victims of attacks by the militants FDI.During the last over one decade, some 33,150 incidents of IED explosion Took up across Pakistan, taking the lives of 11,250 Pakistanis and injuring another while over 21000.

To Mitigate damage in the future, The entire CIED strategy discussed Principals meeting revolved around the in a whole-of-nation approach to make it efficacious, for Which awareness Amongst the masses was of prime importance. Remained the emphasis on implementation at the national Both and provincial levels.