The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has expressed its concerns over the deteriorating law and order situation in Pakistan.

“The law and order situation in Dera Ismail Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Kohat, Mianwali and adjacent areas has seriously jeopardised the day-to-day operations of the areas’ cement units,” said the spokesman of APCMA. Recently some workers of a cement unit in one of the above-mentioned areas were kidnapped by terrorists and they killed one of them, he added. Terrorist are generally demanding huge amounts of money as extortion and give warnings of serious consequences in case their demands are not met.

APCMA urges the government to "take strict measures to control and manage the law and order situation in those areas."

“Besides, the industry’s investment of billions of rupees in the said areas has also been endangered by these terrorist activities,” he said, adding that the deteriorating law and order situation could also pose threats to local employment and create unrest in the said locality.