Interior Minister Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz says the capture of Taliban leader Mansoor Dadullah is a great achievement as it will help control the terrorism to a large extent. Dadullah along with his four accomplices was arrested by Pakistan s security forces in a full-fledged crackdown near Chaman in Balochistan province. The interior minister told the reporters that the foreign observers will be allowed freedom of movement during the Feb 18 parliamentary elections for monitoring of polls. Regarding the ban on political gatherings at Liaquat Bagh Rawalpinidi, he said the place is situated in a thickly populated urban area where security risks run very high. There are some other suitable and alternative places in the Rawalpindi city for the purpose and if the district administration does not permit the holding of any rally at Liaquat Bagh, political parties can choose these venues, Nawaz said. Reacting to the lawyers boycott against the elections, the minister warned no one would be allowed to interfere in the electoral process.
