IGP assures families of police martyrs of full support

Sindh police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon on Saturday visited the homes of police martyrs, met with their families, and distributed Eid gifts among the children of the martyrs.

Officials said IGP visited the homes of martyrs in Defence View, Gulistan-e-Jauhar and Gulberg areas of Karachi and met the heirs of the martyrs.

He visited the homes of DSP Syed Muhammad Ali Raza of the Counter-Terrorism Department, Head Constable Qamar Zaman assigned to the CIA, and Constable Muhammad Arshad assigned to the CTD, spent time with their family members, and prayed for the elevation of the ranks of the martyrs.

The DIG West, he SSPs of Central, East, Traffic Malir, and Korangi, the AIG Welfare and other police officers accompanied the provincial police chief during the visit.

Those who have attained martyrdom in the path of duty are the pride of the Sindh police, IGP Memon said and added that the Sindh Police Department is and will always be with the families of its martyrs.

Meanwhile, Karachi police chief Javed Alam Odho also visited the families of martyred police officers.

Additional IG Odho along with police officers went to Fayyaz Plaza in Federal B Area, and Humayun Manzil in Dastgir Society, FB Area, to meet the families of police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty.

He met the families of Sub-Inspector Aamir Ali in FB Area and Head Constable Syed Muhammad Ali Rizvi in Dastgir Society, FB Area.

The city police chief expressed his condolences and deep sorrow to the families and paid tribute to the unparalleled sacrifice and bravery of the martyrs. He presented gifts to the heirs of the martyrs on behalf of the police and assured them of all possible cooperation, saying that the police department was with them in this hour of grief.

A day earlier on Friday, the IGP chaired a meeting at the Central Police Office in Karachi and ordered the installations of cameras and trackers in dumpers and other heavy vehicles by their owners within three months.

The Sindh police issued a formal notice to truck and dumper owners to install cameras, trackers and protective shields around the wheels in vehicles within three months.

The meeting was attended by Karachi Commissioner Syed Hassan Zaidi, Additional IG Karachi Javed Alam Odho, provincial transport secretary Asad Zaman, zonal DIGs of Karachi, the DIGs of driving licence, traffic, district and traffic SSPs, and other officers.

The meeting was told that during the past few months, Karachi, especially Malir and West districts, has witnessed an extraordinary increase in traffic accidents and the main reasons for these accidents are driving by untrained drivers, dilapidated condition of vehicles and roads, mental and physical health of drivers, unavailability of traffic light signals and other necessary infrastructure and the traditional system of issuing challan tickets.

Therefore, to prevent accidents, it is necessary that driving training/courses should not only be harmonized with international standards but also the establishment of authentic driving schools at the public and private levels should be ensured.

Commissioner Naqvi said both heavy and light vehicles are equally responsible for fatal and life-threatening traffic accidents on roads and highways; therefore, it is necessary that we work together to ensure immediate actionable measures to prevent traffic accidents and make all possible arrangements to keep

citizens safe.