Fake Gun Licenses

Fake gun licenses

Despite its critical and burgeoning challenges of militancy, Pakistan holds on to a gun licensing system based exclusively on missing records, fake documents , favoritism and irrationality.   One can safely say that every gun license issued in Pakistan has been issued without a single mandatory verification or test. There is no requirement for a training session, to attend a shooting range class or to pass a written test. Mental tests, drug tests and rigorous background checks are unheard of.   In fact the only criteria to obtain a gun licenses is status, power, influence and bribe.

To further worsen the situation the government has been trying to convert the existing pieces of papers (the so called licenses) into authentic documents by simply passing them through the NADRA’s unthinking machines to churn out good looking computerized cards.   A fake document obtained without any checks, for wrong reasons and in a wrong manner cannot become kosher simply because it now appears in the form of a computerized card.   There could be no bigger hoax than asking people to turn in their fake paper licenses and receive equally unsubstantiated computerized cards instead.

What makes the government undertake a critical activity linked to war on terror in such a blatantly inappropriate manner?     We appeal to the government to put an end to this potentially destructive activity.    It is time for the government to be forthright and confess that every gun license in Pakistan is a spurious, fabricated and uncontrolled piece of paper that needs to be declared null and void.

It is time for the government to be honest and confess that every gun license in Pakistan is a spurious and fabricated piece of paper that needs to be declared null and void.
naeem sadiqIt is time for the government to be honest and confess that every gun license in Pakistan is a spurious and fabricated piece of paper that needs to be declared null and void.
naeem sadiq