ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Federal Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad on Tuesday and briefed him on internal security.
During the meeting, the interior minister also apprised the prime minister about his recent visit to Torkham, Afghan border, Karachi operation and political issues.
The interior minister briefed the prime minister that Rs 70 billion were being spent by the federal government to raise wings of civil armed forces for effective border management and internal security.
On Wednesday last week, Chaudhry Nisar visited the Pak-Afghan border at Torkham where he said that the federal government was making untiring efforts to eliminate the remnants of terrorism from the Country.
The minister announced the establishment of six additional routes along the Pak-Afghan border. He said that in order to ensure better border management and to prevent suspects from entering Pakistan, the government had allocated Rs 70 billion to raise a new border force for effectively monitoring the border with Afghanistan.
Nisar also announced a NADRA Centre at the Torkham border as well as the installation of a Computerised Vehicle Scanner Machine at the border.
