The government has chalked out a strategy to curb extremism in society by compiling personal data of activists of religious organisations and declaring them a threat to the public, Interior Ministry sources told Daly Times on Sunday.
| Uhhh... Okay. Wuzzat mean? |
Sources said the government plans to prepare lists of people with links to religious and militant organisations.
They said the authorities had got a form titled Schedule 4 prepared for keeping record of militant or religious outfits activists and their relatives.
| Ahah! That'll do it for sure! Keep them busy filling out forms and they won't have time to kill anybody! Why didn't I think of that? |
These forms have been given to police stations throughout Pakistan, directing superintendents of police and station house officers to prepare and keep complete records of activists in their areas, sources added.
| You're gonna make the coppers do it? But if you keep the coppers busy filling out forms, when will they have time to track down bad guys and have shootouts with them? |
âSchedule 4 will bar a person from leaving his area of residence without permission from the police officer concerned. People recorded on the forms will not be allowed to attend social gatherings. Moreover, their fingerprints, photographs, handwriting specimens, signatures, family history, information about friends and relatives will also be attached to the form,â sources said.
| By Gad, sir! Now that's efficient! It shouldn't take the cops more'n a coupla weeks each to fill out the form for each bad guy in the precinct... |
They said the activists would also have to attach affidavits to the form to follow the instructions. âIf a person violates the rule after being recorded on the form, he will have to pay a Rs 100,000 fine to the government,â sources said.
| "Ahmed! You just bumped off Chaudry and his eight bodyguards and shot up a church! That ain't on your form. That's gonna cost you some big money, boy!" |
According to activists from some religious organisations, the Lahore Police was contacting every person with links to religious organisations. They said when a person refused to fill out the form or wanted to know about the list, police demanded money from him to remove his name from it.
| Ohfergawdsake. Take me now, Lord! No! Wait! Take them! |
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