Rangers want govt depts purged of ‘political, militant wings’ activists

KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, vowed on Sunday that they would take action against elements helping activists of ‘political or militant wings’ infiltrate government institutions and the ‘ghost employees’, which the paramilitary force suspected might be involved in terrorist activities and lawlessness.

A Rangers spokesperson in a statement issued to the media said that a decision to take action against such political activities in institutions and against ghost employees was taken at a recent meeting of the Apex Committee.

The supreme body on law and order had decided that there would be no office of any political party or militant wing in any government institution.

In the light of this decision, the Ranges official said that all official institutions should ensure closure of all offices or activities of political or militant wing on their premises. Otherwise, the Rangers warned, legal action would be taken against all responsible people.

Furthermore, the paramilitary force said there were employees who were recruited under influence of political or militant wings in such official institutions, who usually remained absent and were described as ghost employees.

“These ghost employees were involved in terrorist activities; hence their services should be terminated immediately so that terrorism and lawlessness could be ended.”

The Rangers urged citizens to inform them about such activities by political or militant wings inside official institutions and ghost employees on their helpline, whatsapp number or through email.

MQM slams new Rangers’ move

Maintaining that it was the real target of the Rangers’s latest order, the Muttahida Quami Movement criticised the paramilitary force’s directive to government and semi-government organisations regarding shutting down the offices of trade unions or labour associations being supported by the party.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the MQM coordination committee said that the order was an attempt to “exploit MQM and Mohajirs economically and politically”.

Declaring that the Rangers’ order was an open violation of human rights and the Constitution, the MQM called upon the prime minister, the interior minister and the army chief to take notice of what it called a discriminating and prejudicial order from the Rangers.

It also appealed to human rights organisations to raise their voice against such violations of people’s rights.Rangers want govt depts purged of ‘political, militant wings’ activists

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