Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday formed a special task force to combat human trafficking syndicates operating in Pakistan.
The task force will be led by the prime minister himself.
“We will bring the perpetrators involved in human trafficking to justice,” the prime minister resolved while chairing a review meeting regarding steps to curb human trafficking in Pakistan.
Stressing to speed up the pace of arrests of those involved in human trafficking, the prime minister directed all the relevant departments including the foreign ministry to play their active role in identifying the human smugglers.
The prime minister said that the entire nation, including himself, was deeply saddened by the heartbreaking incident of the deaths of Pakistanis in the boat of illegal immigrants.
During the meeting, the prime minister was briefed on the groups involved in the deaths of Pakistanis in the illegal immigrant boat incident, arrests made by various institutions in Pakistan, FIRs filed, and the future course of action.
