Interior Minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat told the National Assembly on Thursday that there had been 82 incidents of terrorism in the country that killed 330 people during the last one and a half years. Responding to a question by Asif Tauseef, he told the House that Sindh took the lead with 62 terrorist incidents that led to the deaths of 109 people.
| Is he counting Shiites and infidels as people? |
Giving a province-wise breakdown, he said five terrorist incidents took place in the Punjab and 19 people were killed. In the North West Frontier Province, 11 terrorist incidents took place, but no one was killed. In Balochistan, there were four terrorist incidents and 102 people were killed.
| Balochistan. That's where Quetta is, right? And NWFP's where Peshawar is. And Sindh is where Karachi is. I still think the number's low... |
Responding to another question by Riaz Fatiana, the interior minister told the House that 1,632 foreigners were detained in Pakistani jails. He said 239 foreigners had completed their sentences, but were still in detention. He said 435 foreigners were detained in different jails of the Punjab; 1,083 in the jails of Sindh; 77 in the jails of the North West Frontier Province and 32 in the jails of Balochistan. |