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Operation against illegal weapons on
the cards
By:
Mansoor Khan
KARACHI - Inspector General
(IG) Sindh has said that they will not let anyone to spoil the peace
of the metropolis and directed the police to strictly handle violent
elements in the City, The Nation learnt on Thursday.
The law enforcement agencies have established check posts in various
sensitive areas to avert the upcoming threat of violence.
As per details, police and rangers have constructed check posts in
various areas, while most of the posts are set up in the areas where
maximum loss of lives and property was reported in the recent wave
of ethnic violence. The areas include North Karachi, Surjani, Organi
Town, Qasba, Banaras, Shah Faisal Colony, Sohrab Goth, Abul Hassan
Aspahani Road, Quaidabad, Nazimabad and scores of many other
localities.
It is pertinent to mention here that because of the prevailing
political turmoil, Inspector General of Sindh Police, Salahuddin
Baber Khattak, had earlier directed police to establish check posts,
as the deadly violence took place at the end of April.
The precautionary directions of IGP were not implemented, thus more
than 30 people were killed and number of shops and vehicles were set
on fire.
Source privy to the matter said that Sindh government had given free
hand to the law enforcement agencies. “Police and rangers have
arrested more than 100 workers of both the rival political parties
after the violence that recently took place,” he added.
The arrested activists have been reportedly nominated in the cases
lodged against them by their rival groups, however, the police
raided in various areas of the City and arrested senior activists of
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Awami National Party (ANP), and
explosive heavy weapons have been recovered.
He informed that law enforcement agencies are ready to launch an
operation against the illegal weapons, but found their hands tied
just because of the political influence and affiliations of illegal
weapon holders, land grabbers, and other criminal elements.
Source:The Nation Lahore: May08,2009
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