The CTF should be administered at the provincial level and possibly decentralized to district levels to address overlapping jurisdictional issues. Given the extensive geographical spread of terrorism across Pakistan, coordination for inter-provincial cooperation falls under the responsibility of the Inter-Ministerial (IM) body.
- Specialized force : Quick Response Force to stop urban terrorism.
- CTF: Training and weapons of all kinds, bomb disposal, forms of IEDS and rapid response.
- Police with intelligence. e.g. Naseerullah Baber went to resolve bus hostage incident in Karachi.
- Individual coordinates intelligence. IB as an agency.
- CTF has to be provincially administrated. Even dissolved to district level.
i. Unsnarl: overlapping domains causing frequent snarling.
ii. Length and breadth of Pakistan is afflicted, physically impossible.
iii. IM responsible for coordinating for inter-provincial cooperation.
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