The United States has assured Pakistan that it would help in developing an effective command and control system at the federal level to combat terrorism and meet crime-related emergencies in the country.
US Ambassador to Pakistan Wendy Chamberlin assured Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider and his team of bureaucrats that the US would provide the necessary assistance to establish a modern command and control system at the federal level.
During her visit to the the Crisis Management Centre of the Interior Ministry here on Monday, Chamberlin said she would soon contact Washington to ascertain the extent of US assistance, The News daily quoted officials as saying.
Pakistan officials told the US ambassador that technical and financial support might be required in expanding the scope of command and control system to combat terrorism.
They said that presently there was no federal agency which could provide necessary data to the authorities to meet emergencies or which could provide consolidated data on crime and terrorism.
The CMC has already engaged the expertise of two US firms to study what is required for the centre to be turned into an efficient federal command and control system. Bureau Report