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In the last four years, there has been an alarming increase in the incidents of target killings in particular, while the law and order situation in general kept worsening in the metropolis, said the Awami National Party.
Senator Shahi Syed said on Monday all previous records of lawlessness had been broken during the said period, but the provincial government was busy in only imposing bans on pillion riding and issuing statements.
No concrete measures had been taken to address the matter permanently, said Syed, who is also the president of the Awami National Party (ANP) Sindh.
It seemed that the state machineries were protecting the killers, extortionists and drug mafia, rather than safeguarding the life and property of the public, as no target killer had been arrested till date, he alleged.
If the Sindh government gave protection to the criminal elements, then how peace could be restored in the city, he asked.
On an average, over a dozen people were killed down in Karachi almost everyday but, the Sindh government had taken no practical steps in this regard, Senator Syed added.
“Neither is there a government in Karachi nor are the law-enforcement agencies seen on roads to arrest the culprits creating untoward situations in the port city for the past many years,” he stated.
The senator alleged that the target killers were doing their job without any fear of being arrested. “They roam freely in the metropolis. After committing the crime, they disperse from the scene as if they never existed.”
Unfortunately, the government had given a “license-to-kill” to the murderers, target killers and criminals, who were never arrested and their associations kept secret, Syed said.
The Sindh government and the LEAs both are responsible for the unrest situation in Karachi. They should play their role to restore peace by taking strict action against the target killers, extortionists and mafias operating in the city, he advised.
Owing to the worsening law and order situation, the economy had suffered badly and traders, business community and industrialists were either closing down or shifting their businesses out of the fear of extortionists, he said.
Meanhile, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) called upon all stakeholders of the metropolis to launch a joint drive against increasing terrorism and a deteriorating law and order situation in the city.
The JI would soon launch a campaign along with other political parties for the restoration of peace to the city, said the party’s chief in Karachi, Mohammad Hussain Mehnati, while addressing a rally outside the press club against target killings.
An announcement to this effect would be made at a press conference very soon, he said.
The JI leader demanded from Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan and Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah to resign, saying that they both were responsible for the bloodbath.
Mehnati directly accused the Muttahida Qaumi Movement of being involved in the bloodbath in the city. He said rulers were enjoying themselves while target killers were roaming freely.
Quoting a news report, the JI leader said that 1,800 people had become victim to target killings in Karachi this year.
He said that the “City of Light” had become a “deathbed” for innocent citizens and that the police and Rangers were helpless. He demanded that political interference in the law enforcement agencies be abolished.
Mehnati also demanded that the provincial government should resign as it was “enjoying all benefits due to the reconciliation policy continued by the rulers”.
He urged the chief justice of Pakistan to revisit Karachi and award stern punishment to all those who had committed crimes on May 12, 2007.
He said traders in Karachi were fed up and wanted to stage a sit-in recently against target killers and the Bahtta mafia, but they deferred the protest at the request of the governor.
The JI leader expressed deep concern over the alarming increase in target killings, and accused the rulers of protecting the killers, extortionists and drug mafia.
He said the administration and the agencies were unable to apprehend the killers because they enjoyed the protection of the people in power.
He said that recently the Supreme Court had taken serious notice of the release of 35 criminals on parole, and ordered their arrest, but the rulers immediately whisked them out of the country. If the rulers themselves gave protection to the lawbreakers, how peace could be restored, he asked.
In the last four years, there has been an alarming increase in the incidents of target killings in particular, while the law and order situation in general kept worsening in the metropolis, said the Awami National Party.
Senator Shahi Syed said on Monday all previous records of lawlessness had been broken during the said period, but the provincial government was busy in only imposing bans on pillion riding and issuing statements.
No concrete measures had been taken to address the matter permanently, said Syed, who is also the president of the Awami National Party (ANP) Sindh.
It seemed that the state machineries were protecting the killers, extortionists and drug mafia, rather than safeguarding the life and property of the public, as no target killer had been arrested till date, he alleged.
If the Sindh government gave protection to the criminal elements, then how peace could be restored in the city, he asked.
On an average, over a dozen people were killed down in Karachi almost everyday but, the Sindh government had taken no practical steps in this regard, Senator Syed added.
“Neither is there a government in Karachi nor are the law-enforcement agencies seen on roads to arrest the culprits creating untoward situations in the port city for the past many years,” he stated.
The senator alleged that the target killers were doing their job without any fear of being arrested. “They roam freely in the metropolis. After committing the crime, they disperse from the scene as if they never existed.”
Unfortunately, the government had given a “license-to-kill” to the murderers, target killers and criminals, who were never arrested and their associations kept secret, Syed said.
The Sindh government and the LEAs both are responsible for the unrest situation in Karachi. They should play their role to restore peace by taking strict action against the target killers, extortionists and mafias operating in the city, he advised.
Owing to the worsening law and order situation, the economy had suffered badly and traders, business community and industrialists were either closing down or shifting their businesses out of the fear of extortionists, he said.
Meanhile, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) called upon all stakeholders of the metropolis to launch a joint drive against increasing terrorism and a deteriorating law and order situation in the city.
The JI would soon launch a campaign along with other political parties for the restoration of peace to the city, said the party’s chief in Karachi, Mohammad Hussain Mehnati, while addressing a rally outside the press club against target killings.
An announcement to this effect would be made at a press conference very soon, he said.
The JI leader demanded from Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan and Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah to resign, saying that they both were responsible for the bloodbath.
Mehnati directly accused the Muttahida Qaumi Movement of being involved in the bloodbath in the city. He said rulers were enjoying themselves while target killers were roaming freely.
Quoting a news report, the JI leader said that 1,800 people had become victim to target killings in Karachi this year.
He said that the “City of Light” had become a “deathbed” for innocent citizens and that the police and Rangers were helpless. He demanded that political interference in the law enforcement agencies be abolished.
Mehnati also demanded that the provincial government should resign as it was “enjoying all benefits due to the reconciliation policy continued by the rulers”.
He urged the chief justice of Pakistan to revisit Karachi and award stern punishment to all those who had committed crimes on May 12, 2007.
He said traders in Karachi were fed up and wanted to stage a sit-in recently against target killers and the Bahtta mafia, but they deferred the protest at the request of the governor.
The JI leader expressed deep concern over the alarming increase in target killings, and accused the rulers of protecting the killers, extortionists and drug mafia.
He said the administration and the agencies were unable to apprehend the killers because they enjoyed the protection of the people in power.
He said that recently the Supreme Court had taken serious notice of the release of 35 criminals on parole, and ordered their arrest, but the rulers immediately whisked them out of the country. If the rulers themselves gave protection to the lawbreakers, how peace could be restored, he asked.
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