Three previous govts issued thousands of prohibited weapon licences

It has been revealed that thousands of licenses for prohibited weapons have been issued by the Ministry of Interior over the past five and a half years of last three governments.

According to the 24NewsHD TV channel, a total of 50,966 arms licenses were issued during the last governments of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), and caretaker premier Anwaarul Haq Kakar's tenure.

Among these, 23,557 licenses were for prohibited weapons, and 27,409 were for non-prohibited weapons, the sources said.

During the caretaker government, a total of 12,621 licenses were issued in which 9,561 licenses of prohibited weapons and 3,060 licenses of non-prohibited weapons were included.

In the previous coalition government of PDM's tenure, a total of 23,052 arms licenses were issued. This included 13,340 licenses for prohibited weapons and 9,712 for non-prohibited weapons, sources said.

The sources also disclosed that under the PTI government, a total of 15,293 arms licenses were issued. Among these, 656 licenses were for prohibited weapons, and 14,637 licenses were for non-prohibited weapons.

Reporter: Awais Kiyani