KARACHI - As many as 10,000 policemen would be added in Sindh, said Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah here on Friday.
He was reviewing the law and order situation with the Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior, Rehman Malik, at the Chief Minister House here on Friday.
The chief minister pointed out that for the big city like Karachi a police force of 25 to 30 thousand personnel was not sufficient. In view of this, some 10,000 more police constables would be added soon, he further stated.
‘PRICES REDUCED BY RS5 TO 22 AT UTILITY STORES’: Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani on Friday said the middle class people will benefit from the subsidy given at Utility Stores across the country.
Talking to media at the inauguration of Ramazan Package at a Utility Store located in the city area of Defence, he said the people hailing from the middle class are being afforded relief under Ramazan Package and an attempt is being made that shoppers do not face any trouble while buying at any of the retail stores run by the government.
“The government is making efforts that no chaos is created for the buyers at the stores,” he further said.
The federal minister said people hailing from the low-paid class can benefit from this package, adding the prices of over 600 essential commodities have been slashed with reduction of Rs5 to 22.