| LAHORE: Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao said on Tuesday that the government will screen applicants for new phone lines and set up provincial security teams in efforts to combat terrorism. He said that the government planned to set up National Crisis Management Cells (NCMCs) in all provinces to combat terrorism and crime. He also said law enforcement agencies would be linked to the NCMCs. Briefing reporters after the conclusion of the inter-provincial coordination meeting on law and order at the Punjab Secretariat, he said, "New cellular phone and landline connections will be given after online verification by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA)." He said that despite an overall law and order improvement, efforts were needed to eliminate terrorism from the country. |