Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Thursday said that upto 154 alleged target killers had been arrested in Karachi out of them nine, who were affiliated with certain political parties, had been bailed out due to insufficient evidence.
Winding up the debate in the Senate on Karachi situation, the Interior Minister called for national unity and rising above politics to send a clear message to the enemies that Pakistanis were united.
Commenting upon killing in Kati Pahari area of Karachi, the Interior Minister said Rangers had cleared it after facing stiff resistance as the criminals were holed up in houses and were equipped with sophisticated weapons.
He told the House certain arrests had been made in Kati Pahari and investigation was underway. He said there were elements in Karachi who wanted to create rifts among all political parties.
He said political turmoil and sectarianism existed in Karachi, which would not come to an end until all the stakeholders sit together and forge unity.
He said law and order was a provincial subject, and everything happening in provinces had been attributed to him. He said after the 18th Amendment law and order came in tthe jurisdiction of provinces.
