arms licenses

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has directed the Interior Ministry to work out a comprehensive policy on issuance of arms licenses so as to make the process more convenient and applicant friendly. He issued the direction during a briefing on automatic arms licenses held under his chairmanship in Islamabad on Tuesday. The Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Interior to bring the issue of regulation of arms licenses for the automatic weapons before the next meeting of the Federal Cabinet. The Prime…

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has approved computerisation of arms licenses for the citizens of Islamabad. According to district government record, 47,000 manual armed licenses are being used, which will be computerized in the first phase. Read More: Criminals using arms with bogus licenses: Rangers The computerized licensing system will not only facilitate the users, but demolish the culture of bogus licensing as well. The Interior Ministry in April 2014 said that 50 percent of the…

KARACHI: Sindh Cabinet on Wednesday approved cancellation of over 600,000 arms licenses across the provinces which could not be verified, ARY News reported.

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan while announcing new security policies on Sunday said that from now on a person's name will be put on the exit control list (ECL) only upon court's recommendation, ARY News reported.