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Caretaker CM orders targeted operation against street criminals

September 22, 2023 by Abid Khan

A meeting of the Sindh Apex Committee was held.
Karachi Police Chief briefed meeting on street crime.
61,098 cases of street crime were reported in city in 2023.

KARACHI: Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh Justice (Retd) Maqbool Baqar has issued instructions to Karachi Police to start targeted operations against street criminals.

A meeting of the Sindh Apex Committee was held under the chairmanship of the Caretaker Chief Minister of Sindh, during which the Karachi Police Chief and Additional IG briefed the meeting on street crime.

According to the caretaker chief minister Sindh’s spokesperson, the Karachi police chief while briefing the apex committee meeting said that 61,098 cases of street crime were reported in the city this year, the highest number of 17,570 cases were reported in the district east.

The Karachi Police Chief told the meeting that 329 accused were arrested in murder cases and 62 accused in kidnapping for ransom cases in the city while there were a total of 100 cases of extortion in which 86 accused were arrested.

Spokesman Chief Minister of Sindh said that according to the Karachi Police Chief, drug mafia and illegal immigrants are involved in the incidents of street crime, while the police are deployed on protests and other duties more than crime prevention.

During the meeting, Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh Maqbool Baqar directed to start of an operation against street criminals in Katchi Abadis and ordered the Karachi Police Chief to clean the entire city of street crime and improve the condition of the police stations.

Sindh Chief Minister said that, sadly, Gutka and other narcotic substances are found in Karachi city, and the police should take immediate and strict action on it.

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Caretaker cabinet decides to launch operation against criminals

September 14, 2023 by Abid Khan

The cabinet decided to launch operation in Riverine area.
The crackdown against street criminals in Karachi city.
12,886 cases of street crime registered during 2023.

KARACHI: The provincial caretaker cabinet in its first formal meeting decided to launch a comprehensive joint operation with the Army and rangers to clear hideouts of dacoits, start a crackdown on organized weapon smuggling gangs, and strengthen intelligence gathering, and deny cyber and digital space to criminals in the Riverine area.

The cabinet also decided to curb street crime in the city by launching operations against street criminals and the drug mafia.

The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Caretaker Chief Minister Justice (rtd) Maqbool Baqar here at CM House.

Minister Home Brig (retd) Hariz Nawaz and IG Police Riffat Mukhtar briefed the cabinet on overall law & order, including kidnapping for ransom in the katcha area, street crime, and drug mafia.

Sharing the data of 20123, the CM was told that 218 people were kidnapped, of them, 207 have been recovered and 11 were still in the clutches of the baits.

To a question, the CM was told that when the incumbent IG police took over there were 57 kidnappings, out of them he got 46 recovered and efforts were underway to recover the remaining 11 persons.

CM directed the IG Police to recover the outstanding 11 kidnappees and report him. He also urged him to direct the local police to keep in touch with the families of the kidnapped persons and keep them informed about the police efforts.

The cabinet was told that the dacoits in the Katcha area of four districts, Kashmore, Shikarpur, Ghotki, and Sukkur were holed up in inaccessible hideouts fortified by trenches and ditches.

The dacoits have long-range military-grade weapons effective against APCs. In the monsoon and kharif season flow of Indus flows in low and medium floods.

IG police told the cabinet that they have a plan to establish 390 police posts in the four districts along the protective bund. The police would be equipped with the latest weapons and gadgets.

The cabinet decided to launch a joint operation with police, Rangers, and Pak Army to clear dacoits’ hideouts. A crackdown would also be started against organized weapons smuggling gangs involved in supplying weapons to the dacoits.

The cabinet was told that 12,886 cases of street crime have been registered during 2023. The registered cases include 3178 mobile snatchings, 93 four-wheeler snatching, 758 four-wheeler theft, 2143 two-wheeler snatching, and 3457 two-wheeler theft.

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CM Sindh directs IG to utilize SSU to eliminate street crimes

January 8, 2023 by Abid Khan

CM instructed the IG to deploy the reserve, SSU force and police.
Murad Ali Shah directed IG police to intensify the crackdown.
IG Sindh Ghulam Nabi issued directives to the city police.

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in an attempt to purge the city of street criminals, has directed IG police to mobilize the SSU and Reserve police on the roads to support the district police.

“I want the city police to make it their mission to eliminate street crime”, he said. In case of failure, he directed the IG: “the concerned SSP and SHOs be transferred/removed immediately.”

Sindh Chief Minister directed the IG to deploy the police, reserve, and SSU force at the hotspots and intensify police patrolling for vigilance and keep sharing their photos, location as well as deployment plan with him.

He also instructed the IG: “to keep me informed about the actions taken against the criminals along with the number of their arrests so, that necessary instructions could be given to the prosecution department for bringing them to book.”

Murad Ali Shah directed IG police to intensify the crackdown against repetitive/habitual street criminals, and drug peddlers who have either been bailed out or at large.

He said that the people of Karachi have already seen the worst law and order, and mayhem at the hands of terrorists as well as other criminals. “After a lot of sacrifices endured by the police and other law enforcement agencies in the line of their duty, the government restored law and order with the support of Karachiites”, he said and added: “now the people of this city could not be left at the mercy of street criminals and we have to develop a sense of security amongst the citizens by eliminating the street crime.”

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Murad Ali Shah decides to launch crackdown against street criminals

December 22, 2022 by Abid Khan

Murad Ali Shah chaired an important meeting regarding law and order situation.
Chief Minister also directed the DG Rangers to increase patrolling.
He also decided to send back who are living illegally in Sindh

KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah has decided to launch a rigorous operation against street criminals in the next 15 days.

An important meeting regarding law and order was held under the supervision of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, in which the Chief Minister gave instructions to speed up the intelligence-based operation.

Chief Minister Sindh also gave important instructions to the police on street crime and said that the police and Rangers should take strict action against street crime. He also directed the DG Rangers to increase patrolling and decided to improve the prosecution of street crime.

He also decided to send back people who are living illegally in Sindh and also decided to increase surveillance on the internal and external roads of the city.

Murad Ali Shah further said that police and rangers should be deployed in important places where criminals are more active. He said seven people lost their lives over robbery resistance in December.

During the meeting, Murad Ali Shah said that terrorist organizations want to disrupt peace and order in the country again but the Sindh government will not allow terrorists to rise again in our country, province and cities.

Chief Minister Sindh while giving instructions to speed up intelligence-based operations said that a mechanism has been created to increase coordination between Sindh Police and other intelligence agencies, all intelligence agencies should be in touch with each other daily.

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