KARACHI - Police informed Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah that around 7,500 criminals involved in incidents of street crime were roaming freely in the metropolis and there was a need to trace and track them through an electronic tagging.
Perturbed at the alarming rise in street crime in the metropolis, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah chaired the second meeting to review the situation and made it clear that he wanted to rid Karachi of the menace of street crime.
He asked police high-ups to make a result-oriented strategy and any officer found negligent must be removed from his office forthwith. The chief minister recalled that in his last meeting against street crime he had directed the police to start extensive patrolling and take strict action against street criminals.
Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon told the meeting that there were 7,500 offenders who had been committing street crime in the metropolis as they were either enlarged on bail or absconding. When asked, Law Adviser Murtaza Wahab informed the CM that a draft law for E-tagging of repeat offenders had been prepared and sent for vetting. The CM asked him to expedite the process so that the draft law could be discussed and approved by the provincial cabinet.
Discussing the cancellation of bail of repeat criminals and strengthening the prosecution, Mr Shah directed the law adviser and the inspector general of police to engage a panel of leading lawyers to prosecute criminals and cancellation of their bail.
He also directed the police to engage private lawyers for prosecuting criminals involved in high-profile cases.
The city police chief told the CM that during the first two months of 2022, 15 suspected criminals were killed and 147 wounded in some 143 encounters.
He added that 1,446 criminals had been arrested during the same period.
The chief minister was told that patrolling has been increased in the city and intelligence-based targeted operations were also in progress.
Giving progress of arranging a rehabilitation centre for drug addicts, Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah said that he had identified a suitable place in Gulshan-i-Maymar. The chief minister directed the chief secretary to provide all the required facilities at the proposed centre so that police could start picking up the addicts from streets and send them for rehabilitation.
“The drug addicts are involved in street crime, therefore their removal from streets was most important,” he said.
Perturbed at the alarming rise in street crime in the metropolis, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah chaired the second meeting to review the situation and made it clear that he wanted to rid Karachi of the menace of street crime.
He asked police high-ups to make a result-oriented strategy and any officer found negligent must be removed from his office forthwith. The chief minister recalled that in his last meeting against street crime he had directed the police to start extensive patrolling and take strict action against street criminals.
Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon told the meeting that there were 7,500 offenders who had been committing street crime in the metropolis as they were either enlarged on bail or absconding. When asked, Law Adviser Murtaza Wahab informed the CM that a draft law for E-tagging of repeat offenders had been prepared and sent for vetting. The CM asked him to expedite the process so that the draft law could be discussed and approved by the provincial cabinet.
Discussing the cancellation of bail of repeat criminals and strengthening the prosecution, Mr Shah directed the law adviser and the inspector general of police to engage a panel of leading lawyers to prosecute criminals and cancellation of their bail.
He also directed the police to engage private lawyers for prosecuting criminals involved in high-profile cases.
The city police chief told the CM that during the first two months of 2022, 15 suspected criminals were killed and 147 wounded in some 143 encounters.
He added that 1,446 criminals had been arrested during the same period.
The chief minister was told that patrolling has been increased in the city and intelligence-based targeted operations were also in progress.
Giving progress of arranging a rehabilitation centre for drug addicts, Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah said that he had identified a suitable place in Gulshan-i-Maymar. The chief minister directed the chief secretary to provide all the required facilities at the proposed centre so that police could start picking up the addicts from streets and send them for rehabilitation.
“The drug addicts are involved in street crime, therefore their removal from streets was most important,” he said.