In Pakistan, looking like a soldier is one easy feat written update :-
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RAWALPINDI:
In the past several terrorists strikes have been performed on delicate set ups and people by terrorists dressed in military outfits, charging the lifestyles of a multitude of military and people.
Terrorists targeted authorities and delicate set ups such as PNS Mehran, Minhas Kamra Airbase, the military cantonment in Mardan and even General Head office in 2009, after which the selling of military consistent in open marketplaces was prohibited.
The slaughter of Shia bus travelers in Kohistan and Babusar in Mansehra region in Feb and Aug 2012 were also performed by terrorists dressed in military consistent.
Despite a ban, military fatigues are being marketed freely in various places such as Peshawar’s Karkhano market and Rawalpindi.
It is not just terrorists who have quick accessibility military and cops outfits. Smaller editions are worn by children, showing the martial mind set that dominates in society.
Talking to The Show Tribune, Muhammad Shafi, a retailer in Kabari Bazaar dealing in military outfits, said the fatigues, ready regionally, are popular.
“Military and even cops outfits are ready on order. Apart from military and cops, teenagers also take curiousity about buying such outfits,” he said. Shafi was conscious of the ban, but applied it aside, saying, “The govt is in the addiction of prohibiting everything.”
There are other marketplaces where such outfits are quickly available, such as Hathi Chowk and Railways Road.
Most people held the region govt responsible for its lack of ability to apply the ban in correspondence and soul. “The non-implementation of ban on the selling of military outfits shows that the administration places no value on soldiers’ lifestyles,” said schoolteacher Muhammad Afzal. Individuals in military outfits can quickly get accessibility the outer edge of high-security areas, he said.
“It is beyond understanding how military and private police officers outfits can be freely marketed in public marketplaces,” he added. He said the govt should take immediate activity to control future strikes on military staff and govt set ups.
When approached, District Sychronisation Official Saqib Zafar told The Show Tribune that the military has changed its consistent but it is not possible for a common man to differentiate between the two. “The region govt understands of the scenario. We have received a correspondence from the Punjab Home Department asking for activity against the selling of all kinds of military and cops outfits and gear,” he said.
He said he has already mentioned the scenario with City Police Official Azhar Hameed Khokhar and activity was on the cards. “The marketplaces will soon be eliminated of such items.
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