Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has decided to further intensify checking on Sindh-Balochistan border and directed Inspector General of Sindh to hold tripartite meeting- with three Inspector Generals of Police, Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab- so that close coordination could be developed in the interest of law & order.
The meeting was held Wednesday at the CM House attended by CM Advisor Murtaza Wahab, Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, IG Sindh Dr Kaleem Imam, Home Secretary Kazi Kabir, Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shahalwani, Additional IG Karachi Dr Ameer Shaikh, Adl IG CTD Dr Waliullah Dal, DIGs of Karachi and the DIGs of other divisions participated through video conferences.
At the start of the meeting, the chief minister took up two incidents, killing of a KDA employee at PECHS and firing by policemen in which a couple, husband and wife, sustained bullet injuries in Korangi area. The chief minister said that these incidents should not happen. How policemen open fire in the market areas where couple sustained injuries, wondered CM in awe. At this, the IG police Dr Kaleem Imam said that he was personally monitoring investigation into the firing incident. The meeting agreed that in-service training and behavioral guidelines would be given to policemen pertaining to police operation in the city areas, snap checking methods, chasing of culprits in market and residential areas.
Home Secretary Kazi kabir pointed out that there were some police stations established at unauthorized buildings or places. At this, the chief minister directed Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah and IG Police to sit together and identify proper places to shift the police stations.
Similar complaints have also been received from Shaheed Banezairabad where women hostel has been taken over by the police. This should be stopped and the police should establish their set up at appropriate and authorized places, Shah said.
IG Police told the chief minister that during the last one week, some 1,700 checkings have been conducted. During the checking, more than three thousand vehicles were impound, including 2,200 with fake number plates, 1,500 without number plates and 1,700 plying on transfer letters.
Additional IG Karachi Dr Ameer Shaikh suggested that a drive against number plates should be launched so that culprits could not use them. The chief minister pointed out that the Excise Minister has reported him that most of the registration number plates were ready but the owners were not collecting them. Therefore, he directed IG Police to start operation against the vehicles using fancy number plates, fake government plates and driving vehicles on open letter without getting them transferred in their names. This operation would be started all over the province.
DIG South Sahrjeel Kharal told the chief minister that he had established a Street-watch Force and they newly recruited and freshly trained policemen posted in the force to keep patrolling on their bikes and mobiles vehicles provided to them. Their checking has brought street crime down in District South, he said.
Published in Daily Times, January 24th 2019.
