IGP too ‘unwelcome’

Karachi
The provincial police chief too shared the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s sense of rejection as the prime minister did not invite him to a meeting held on Wednesday with the chief minister, Karachi corps commander, the Sindh Rangers director general and the chief secretary to discuss the National Action Plan.
Sources said after attending an award ceremony at the PAF museum, Nawaz Sharif met with provincial security heads including Sindh Rangers director general Maj Gen Bilal Akber and appreciated the paramilitary force’s efforts for restoring peace in Karachi.
But the prime minister refused to meet with Sindh IGP Ghulam Hyder Jamali and called Chief Secretary Mohammad Siddique Memon to the meeting in his place for a briefing on the law and order situation in the province.
The prime minister directed the Rangers director general to continue removing illegally installed barriers in the city.
During the meeting, the issue of removing barriers outside the Bilawal House was also discussed. The prime minister ordered that unnecessary barriers should be removed.
A report prepared by the Karachi police was submitted to prime minister wherein it was stated that during the 565 days of the operation against criminals in Karachi, there had been a decrease in target killings. During the operation, 303 people were killed in Karachi in comparison with 642 in the same period before it had started. Similarly, extortion cases were down by 46 percent. Kidnapping for ransom cases had also reduced significantly and many criminals were arrested.
The prime minister said the improving law and order situation in Karachi proved that Rangers were working effectively. He urged the paramilitary force’s command echelons to continue their operation against criminals in the city with more intensity.
He also assured that the federal government would financially and logistically support the province’s law enforcement’s agencies.