'Joint intelligence directorate soon [in Pakistan]'

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced on Thursday that a joint intelligence directorate will commence work within a few months while mega centres of National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) will be created across the country by 2016.
"The interior ministry has taken measures to curb corruption in Nadra and Federal Investigation Authority (FIA). Further, efforts have been made to streamline process of obtaining passports and computerised national identity cards," Nisar said, while addressing the National Assembly on Thursday.
He said the report on the interior ministry's two-and-a-half years performance has been prepared.
Nisar said his ministry played a crucial role in coordinating efforts between various civil security agencies and the military. "This coordination led to a significant drop in terror activities across the country," he said. "We have had cooperation with Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) despite the fact that opposition parties are in the government in those provinces," Nisar added.
The minister further said, "We want to set a new tradition of ministers' accountability in the Parliament. Although I don't say all is well but I have tried to set a tradition of accountability as government is accountable to the parliament."
The interior minister went on to inform the lawmakers that his ministry shared more than 2,500 intelligence reports with government institutions within its tenure of 2.5 years, adding he wanted the Parliament to discuss his ministry's performance.
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