Some private security firms, NGOs helping militants

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Some private security firms, NGOs helping militants



PESHAWAR – Certain private security firms and Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) working in Pakistan have been found involved in assisting the militants financially and providing them with the human resource as well.
According to the sources, the militants arrested by the law enforcement agencies in different operations from tribal areas and FR regions during interrogation disclosed the names of some private security firms and NGOs, who were actually funding the militants and providing them with human resource for activities of terrorism in the country.
After the disclosure by the militants, the Interior Ministry asked the Government of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa to provide a detailed list of those private security firms and NGOs.

The Interior Ministry in an official letter No d-6848/2009-ds(s) issued to the officials of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa including Inspector General Police, Additional Chief Secretary, besides FATA Secretariat and all other concerned officials, had informed about the development and asked for the provision of detailed report on the private security firms and NGOs in the province.

Sources said that after receiving the information, the provincial government had directed all the law enforcement agencies to keep vigil on the activities of the suspicious security firms and NGOs, besides monitoring their personnel strictly.
The law enforcement agencies have also launched an investigation into the matter.
It has also been learnt that besides Khyber Pukhtunkhwa and FATA, directives for collecting detailed reports on such firms and NGOs in Azad Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan, Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab have been issued separately to the concerned authorities.
It is to be mentioned here that some private security firms have been raided last year for their alleged links to the American company DynCorp (Blackwater) of which one such firm is Inter Risk.
According to the reports, the specialised security services of Inter Risk along with another Pakistani firm Speed Flo Filter Industries were also hired by Dyncorp International for US consulate in Peshawar last year.
Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa has been a hub of US spies and Blackwater for the last few years. With the surfacing of this new information directly from the terrorists arrested from parts of the country, it is apparent that the international spy network is still active.


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[RescueRanger]

I don't know about Blackwater but i know Dynacorp had a contract with Talon Security in Peshawar:

DynCorp International - We serve today for a safe tomorrow

BOI Pakistan

Their operation in KP was shut down by IB a while back. But i have always been a fierce critic of these "Private Armies", for one the basic guard is paid less that 4000 rs a month, they have no training and the weapons they are equipped with seldom have no ammo or are in disrepair.

The companies are very smart in marketing and will often have pictures such as these to show how disciplined and well equipped their guards are:

in reality it is more like this:

There have been countless reports in the press and in private about guards deserting their posts or colluding with terrorists/criminals. Just this month 22 companies had their NOCs revoked because they had no knowledge about the whereabouts of their "Armed Guards":

Licenses of 22-private security agencies revoked - Breaking News, Pakistan News, National, World, Business, Cricket, Education, Health, Stock Exchange | OnePakistan.com

And that&#8217;s not all, leading companies like Security 2000 make tall claims on their plus corporate websites: >>> S e c u r i t y 2 0 0 0 <<<, claims such as:

Employees background checked
Employees security cleared
Employees drug tested

Yet according to the All Pakistan Security Agencies Association 3 guards of the very company have been wanted on arrest warrants for theft and abandoning their posts:

Name Altaf Ali
Fathers Name Ghulam Shabbir
NIC # 42501-2738665-7
Reason Involved In Theft
Company Security 2000


Name Zaheer Akhtar
Fathers Name Dil Pariz Khan
NIC # 42501-7554807-5
Reason Involved In Theft
Company Security 2000


Name Latif Ahmed
Fathers Name Muhammad Suleman
NIC # 37401-8446976-3
Reason Poor Discipline
Company Security 2000

Source:
APSAA - About APSAA


I think the whole Private Security sector needs a total overhaul.