Karachi be handed over to army for three months: Kamal

Reacting to the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leader Mustafa Kamal said on Monday the city should be handed over to the army for three months, and his party would offer all possible support to deal with street criminals.

Kamal said that the Sindh government and police had left Karachi at the mercy of robbers, and in such a dire situation, no one was paying heed to the plight of the city. He said, “Today, in the Metroville area, two citizens were killed and robbed of more than one hundred million rupees, which is a great injustice. There is no area or street in Karachi where the lives and properties of citizens are safe.”

He added that in just the first four months of this year, the number of citizens killed in street crimes was about to reach 60. “The biased Sindh government and incompetent Sindh police have given free rein to thieves, robbers, and murderers,” he said, adding that Home Minister Zia Lanjar should explain who had tied the hands of the police.

He questioned why police were not taking action against criminals, saying that the provincial government was not serious about providing protection to the citizens. Earlier on Sunday, MQM-P leader Faisal Sabzwari had said that the robbers had been given a “license to kill” citizens, accusing police of colluding with the criminals.

Party leader Khawaja Izhar ul Hassan had said that “the Sindh government pressured the federal government to appoint their chosen inspector general, and the news of the new IG’s appointment has brought joy to robbers from Karachi to Kashmore.”