Terror financing declines by 75pc: police chief.

PESHAWAR -- Inspector General of Police, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dr Sanaullah Abbasi has claimed marked decrease in acts of terrorism in the merged tribal districts saying terrorist incidents in the current year has decreased by 50 per cent.

'Best policing are being extended to the merged districts due to which terrorist incidents in 2020 had decreased by 50 per cent,' he told a webinar organised by the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Peshawar, here on Friday.

The police chief said the best policing were being promoted in the newly-merged tribal districts in line with the local traditions and aspiration of the people.

He said the Levies and Khasadar forces had been fully absorbed in the police with all incentives of ranks and file.

'We are indebted to the bravery, valour and courage exhibited by the tribal people on every challenging occasion, which will go a long way in the annals of history,' he said while highlighting the sacrifices of the people of former Fata during the war against terrorism.

The police chief said the incidents of terror financing and extortion had decreased by 75 per cent, target killings by 80 per cent and kidnappings for ransom by 100 per cent in the year compared to 2019.

He said attacks on police and other law-enforcement agencies had decreased by 70 per cent and 50 per cent respectively in the current year compared to the corresponding period of the last year.

A statement said the seminar, the first of kind, was held under the title 'policing in the merged districts'. The IGP addressed the students of various departments of the university.

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