Malik says targeted operations to start in Balochistan

QUETTA: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday announced that the federal government had given Balochistan’s Chief Minister the authority to award police powers to the Frontier Constabulary (FC) to tackle the province’s law and order situation.

Addressing a press conference in Quetta, Malik said every law enforcement action in the province will be led by the police. Malik added that this involves targeted action based on intelligence inputs.

He said police and FC will gather the intelligence in this regard and denied saying that there would be a Swat-style operation in the province.