Nisar for foolproof security to higher, superior judiciary
 

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has directed the National Counter Terrorism Authority to prepare a framework for establishment of a VVIP security desk at Nacta for provision of foolproof security to the higher and superior judiciary in coordination with law enforcement agencies and provincial home departments.

The interior minister also directed Nacta to take a lead role for introducing “Obligatory Money Declaration Form” in coordination with the FIA, making it mandatory for all international incoming and outgoing passengers to declare their money, a new policy initiative for countering terrorism financing and money laundering. He also reviewed security arrangements being made for the forthcoming Saarc Interior Ministers Conference.

The minister also directed Nacta to work out a policy with the State Bank of Pakistan for bringing the threshold limit of reported transactions of Rs2.5 million to Rs1 million, a spokesman for the interior minister quoted the minister as saying.

Currently, as per the State Bank of Pakistan’s guidelines, the suspicious transaction record, including attempted transactions, are to be reported by banks and private financial entities which crosses the threshold limit of Rs2.5 million as per requirements of the Anti Money Laundering Act.

The minister was chairing a meeting here on Wednesday, which was also attended by the interior secretary, interior special secretary, Nacta national coordinator, Nadra chairman and Immigration and Passport director general.

“A policy must be framed for introducing this counter-terrorism financing measure across all international airports,” Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali KhanThe Obligatory Money Declaration Form should clearly state the punishments as mentioned in the Anti-Money Laundering Act, **ted the interior minister. He also directed to take private entities, like banks and large scale registered money transfer agencies on board through FIA to share data and information about transactions crossing an amount of Rs1million.

The minister also directed Nacta to establish a central counter financing digital database to monitor suspicious accounts and transactions. This Digital Data-bank, he said, should provide information and data to any law enforcement agency on need to need basis. He said that data of registered money transfer entities should also be saved with the central data registry helping the authorities to keep a close watch on shady amount transfers.

Over the progress of CNIC re-verification, the interior minister was informed that during the first 20 days of the drive Nadra has been able to verify of 1.9 million family heads thereby confirming the authenticity of 7.7 million CNICs.

It was informed that 1.3 million citizens have checked their family trees by sending sms on 8008 while Nadra has sent messages to around 586,900 citizens.It was informed that Nadra has received 36,000 objections so far wherein over 13,000 have been identified as aliens / intruders.





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