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KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is due to arrive in Karachi on Tuesday (today), a day before he is scheduled to preside over a federal cabinet meeting on the city’s deteriorating law and order situation.

“The prime minister will land here in the afternoon,” said an official. “Later, he is likely to attend a Pakistan Navy function before a few meetings with some political leaders and senior officials in the evening. The federal cabinet is scheduled to meet on Wednesday.”

Sources at the Prime MInister's secratariat said that Sharif would give approval of a joint grand targeted operation during the meeting of the federal cabinet to finally decide regarding steps for peace in the port city.

The joint operation would include personnel of Rangers, FC and Sindh Police, the sources added.

Moreover, Prime Minister Sharif is expected to assure the Sindh government of the support and assistance of the federal government and of provision of all resources for the restoration of Karachi's law and order situation.

The premier will also hold meetings with Governor Sindh Ishratul Ibad Khan and provincial Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah.

After the visit, the chiefs of political parties, who have representation in Parliament, would be taken into confidence on the strategy to establish peace.

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan met with the prime minister and submitted a report detailing the law and order situation in Karachi.

Several matters regarding a strategy to restore peace in the port city were discussed during the meeting. According to sources, it was decided that the responsibility of a targeted operation against miscreants would be handed over to the Sindh government.

Prime Minister Sharif said that the federal government would provide all necessary support to the provincial government of Sindh in order to effectively combat the violence in Karachi.

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