Overview
- At a special meeting in the FIA Karachi Zone, the interior minister directed visible, indiscriminate action to expose money trails and pursue major money launderers, warning that hawala-hundi will not be tolerated.
- He ordered pressure-free operations against agent mafias involved in human smuggling that lure people with false promises of jobs abroad.
- He instructed officials to bring counterfeit medicine dealers to justice, calling the trade a threat to human life.
- He said staffing shortages in the FIA Karachi Zone will be addressed on a priority basis and that officers will receive the resources needed to improve performance.
- Officials reported 20 human smugglers arrested with Rs140 million in non-custom-paid goods and drugs seized in four months, noted a new passenger Facilitation Center at Karachi Airport, and highlighted his praise for Sindh Rangers for restoring peace linked to revived trade.