The government has decided to approach again the countries where Pakistanis accused of being target killers are hiding and ask respective governments to take action against this criminal.
According to reliable sources, shooters working for political parties or criminal gangs mostly used Sri Lanka, South Africa and India to escape the operation of security forces in Karachi.
They said that when the Karachi operation started, the target killers first took refuge in safe houses in rural Sindh and areas close to provincial borders. Still, when the scope of the operation expanded, these hitmen fled abroad through illegal means.
Sources said that the Gulf countries extradited and expelled the renegade killers. However, South Africa and Sri Lanka turned down the requests of the government of Pakistan.
Sources in the federal government said that only 10 percent target killers of Karachi had been arrested, while almost 90 percent have fled the city. They said these ruthless shooters are a national threat, particularly to peace in Karachi.
In briefings to PM Nawaz Sharif, they said that the interior ministry and military establishment stressed the need to devise a strategy for putting pressure on the countries where target killers from Pakistan were hiding.
Sources said that PM Nawaz, on his return from Belarus, will give the go-ahead to the policy to approach Sri Lanka and South Africa for action against target killers and to talk with India on this issue.
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