activities of US security agency

ISLAMABAD, Sep 15 (INP): National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior has expressed concern over the alleged activities of US security agency ‘Black Water’ in Pakistan, negligence of senior officers in recently made promotions and formation of tribal lashkar against Taliban in tribal areas including Swat and Punjab. The committee observed that such steps by the government would further aggravate the law and order situation of the country.  
The committee has sought explanation over the alleged activities of Black Water in Pakistan and the formation of a lashkar by an MPA in Dera Ghazi Khan from Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Inspector General Punjab respectively. 
The committee’s Chairman Abdul Qadir Patel chaired the committee meeting held at Parliament House on Tuesday in which affairs of the corporate societies in Islamabad were also discussed in length. 
Expressing concern over the harassment of people by personnel of a US security agency, the committee has asked the federal interior minister to explain the government’s position in this respect.
Earlier, committee member MNA Bushra Gohar told the committee that ‘Black Water’ personnel were harassing residents of Peshawar university town, causing panic among them.  
The meeting took notice of recently made promotions in the police department in which seniors were neglected. The committee expressed annoyance and said that such steps could further aggregative the law and order situation in the country. 
Additional secretary interior admitted that senior officers were neglected in recently made promotions in the police department and pointed towards the cabinet division or the Prime Minister’s Secretariat for an explanation in this regard.
 
The committee has also expressed concern over the formation of a local lashkar by an MPA against anti state elements in Dera Ghazi Khan and sought explanation from IG Punjab in this regard. 
The committee’s chairman said that police, rangers and security agencies should be deployed as there was no need to form a lashkar. 
Earlier, Chief Commissioner Islamabad Faisal Asghar briefed the committee about corporate housing societies in Islamabad. The committee has expressed annoyance over violation of rules and regulations of corporate housing societies as well as non-allotment of plots to members and no refund of money despite the lapse of many years and sought record of such housing societies.
The committee while terming the construction of bungalow type houses at agriculture farm houses in Islamabad as illegal has sought explanation from CDA. The committee has also asked Chairman CDA to tell the committee in next meeting that what action has been taken against former President Gen. (retd) Pervez Musharraf for constructing a bungalow type house at his agriculture farm.