Law to take its course in Ehsanullah Ehsan's case, Senate told

ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Friday that the law will take its course in the case of former spokesperson of defunct Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Ehsanullah Ehsan, who surrendered himself before an intelligence agency last year.

Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry assured the House during questions hour that the TTP spokesperson involved in several terrorist incidents will not be pardoned.

He said that video statements of Ehsanullah Ehsan have also been made public, which are sufficient to reflect that the concerned departments are dealing his case as per the law of the land.

The minister said Pakistan had adopted a zero tolerance policy in the war against terrorism.

Responding to a question, Minister for States and Frontier Regions Abdul Qadir Baloch told the house that an amount of 331.86 million rupees had been disbursed as compensation to the victims of terrorism incidents in tribal areas.

He said that for a damaged house, a compensation of four hundred thousand rupees each was being given to the families in tribal areas.

Abdul Qadir Baloch said that one hundred billion rupees would be spent each year for a period of ten years for the development of FATA on the fast track basis.