--- title: "Federal government reduces non-prohibited arms licences by over 90% in 13 months" description: "Most outlets led with the government's reported 90% reduction in non-prohibited arms licence issuance, citing the 5,700 licences issued over 13 months as stated by Talal Chaudhry to a Senate committee. One outlet also noted in passing a separate claim about Afghan nationals' involvement in terrorism in KP and Balochistan, which was not mentioned by others." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/5776-govt-cuts-arms-licence-issuance-by-over-90pc site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Federal government reduces non-prohibited arms licences by over 90% in 13 months pakistan · latest filing 1 Sep 2026, 2:10 PM PKT · 1 Sep 2026 · 4 articles from 4 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 4 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the government's reported 90% reduction in non-prohibited arms licence issuance, citing the 5,700 licences issued over 13 months as stated by Talal Chaudhry to a Senate committee. One outlet also noted in passing a separate claim about Afghan nationals' involvement in terrorism in KP and Balochistan, which was not mentioned by others. ## Same story from 4 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Profit** — [Govt cuts non-prohibited-bore arms licences by over 90%, Senate panel told](https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09/01/govt-cuts-non-prohibited-bore-arms-licences-by-over-90percent-senate-panel-told) · 1 Sep 2026, 2:10 PM PKT > Only 5,700 licences issued in 13 months under stricter criteria; police clearance and parliamentary recommendation now mandatory - **ProPakistani** — [Govt Cuts Arms License Issuance Rate by Over 90%](https://propakistani.pk/2026/09/01/govt-cuts-arms-license-issuance-rate-by-over-90/) · 1 Sep 2026, 12:06 PM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing > The federal government has cut the issuance of non-prohibited-bore arms licences by more than 90 per cent, with only 5,700… Read More - **Dawn** — [Govt cuts arms licence issuance by over 90pc](https://www.dawn.com/news/2026479/govt-cuts-arms-licence-issuance-by-over-90pc) · 1 Sep 2026, 7:35 AM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing > • Only 5,700 non-prohibited-bore arms licences issued in 13 months, Senate body told• Tallal Chaudhry says 60pc of those involved in terrorism incidents in KP and Balochistan were Afghan nationals ISLAMABAD: The federal government has cut the issuance of non-prohibited-bore arms licences by more than 90 per cent, with only 5,700 licences issued over the past 13 months under strict criteria, the... - **The Nation** — [Only 5,700 non-prohibited borelicences were issued in last 13 months, says Talal Chaudhry](https://www.nation.com.pk/01-Sep-2026/5-700-non-prohibited-borelicences-issued-last-13-months-says-talal-chaudhry) · 1 Sep 2026, 7:35 AM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD - The federal government has cut the issuance of non-prohibited arms licences by over 90 per cent by introducing a strict criterion, the Senate Standing Committee on Interior was informed on Monday. 4 articles from 4 outlets, 1 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.