Karachi crime reduced by 80 percent: Qaim

KARACHI: The Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, said on Tuesday that judges once used to say that their verdicts spoke for them but now judges, as well as their decisions, both speak. He was speaking to lawyers at the Malir Bar here.

The chief minister said that “after every two weeks” the Supreme Court heard cases in Sindh and most of the decisions were delivered against the Sindh government.  Syed Qaim Ali Shah said that in the past, the verdicts of courts spoke but these days the judges themselves speak. 

After the criticism of the judiciary by the chief minister, two judges of the Sindh High Court left the ceremony.  Syed Qaim Ali Shah credited the police and Rangers for the restoration of law and order in Karachi within two-and-a-half years. 

“We have managed to reduce the city’s crime rate by 80 percent. The law and order situation is much better now,” he said. He said no elderly man or woman died in Tharparkar due to drought or famine, adding that some children had died in Tharparkar but these deaths had nothing to do with famine.

“Our government has also spent Rs4 to Rs5 billion in Tharparkar over the last few years. You may visit hospitals in Mithi and Hyderabad and feel the difference yourself.”

The chief minister pledged that the security personnel would continue their targeted operation until the arrest of the last terrorist in Karachi.

On the behalf of the Sindh government, Shah announced free land for women peasants in the province. “Pakistan cannot progress by ignoring women,” he noted.  Shah also announced to allot 100 acres of land for the lawyers instead of the 50-acre demand.

Meanwhile, an elderly man who wanted to say something in front of the dais was evicted from the gathering by security personnel.