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Action not ’supra-constitutiona': Ishaq Khan

Pak army starts raiding bandit hideouts in Sind
KARACHI. May 30 The Pak Islanl army has begun raiding suspected bandit hideouts In the jungles along the Indus river In the crime-plagued southern province of Sind, po lice said today, reports AFP
The "Clean-up operation." previously announced by the government in Islamabad, is aimed at curbing banditry, ter rorism and sabotage while "restoring the writ of the gov ernment* In the troubled province.
Sources said troops, sup-Crted by the para-military id force, had entered the jungles on both sides of the Indus between Hala and Moro towns, north of Karachi.
The army was also reported to have taken up positions along high ways and roads In
the central Sind districts of Nawabshah. comprising the towns of Qazi Ahmed Kandiaro. Moro. Sakrand and Mehrabpur.
Vehicles were searched for arms and suspects, and key Installation such as telephone exchanges, television relays, power stations, railway stations and bridges were placed under guard
Railway lines were also be tng patrolled to deter action* by terrorists, who recently attacked several trains, killing and injuring dozens of passen gers.
Sind's provincial govern merit has handed over Its law enforcement functions to the Pakistani army for six months under a constitutional provl stona].
A three-member committee comprising the army corps commander, provincial chief minister and provincial police chief has been formed to su pervlsc the crackdown.
Provincial authorities and army officials meet Friday in Karachi. Pakistan * biggest city and port as well as Sind s capl tai. Io review the law and order situation and hammer out details of the operation.
Some political leaders. Including former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, whose political base is In Sind, and the ethnic Mohajlr Qauml Movement, have expressed concern that their supporters will be victims of the crackdown
The federal and provincial governments have sought to
reassure them that an even-handed and just" approach would be adopted.
The Federal Interior Minister. Chaudhury Shujaat Hussain. has said the administration of Sind had not been handed to the army Rather, he said, troops would only under take the restoration of law and order.
President Ghulam Ishaq Khan told reporters in Pesh war on Friday that the military operation as not 'surpa-consU-lutional,' and that any one who objected to ft could challenge it In a court of law.
Khan reiterated Pakistani government allegations of Indian Involvement In recent acts of sabotage and terrorism In Sind