Qaim boasts of ‘good governance’ to Senate rights panel

Karachi
The Sindh government has received a pat on the back from the country’s civil and military leadership for its commitment to the eradication of crime from the province and the arrest of alleged terrorists involved in the Safoora carnage.
Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah said this while talking to a delegation of the Senate’s functional committee on human rights at the CM House on Thursday.
He said the swift work of law-enforcement agencies in arresting the culprits was an example of good governance in the province. He piled high praise on the work of Karachi Police and Rangers for being able to curb crime in the megapolis, and rubbished the allegations of former SSP Malir Rao Anwar saying that his tall claims were beyond his authority.
The delegation was led by Senator Nasreen Jalil and its members included Farhatullah Babar, Dr Jehanzeb Jamaldin, Mir Kabir M Shahi, Nisar Muhammad , Sehar Kamran, Samina Abid.
The committee chairperson Nasreen Jalil and other senators said the purpose of their visit to Karachi was to express solidarity with the bereaved families of Safoora carnage and acknowledge the efforts of government and Sindh IGP in tracking down the culprits and arresting them within a few days.
He believed that the government needed to address the socio-economic problems of Karachi to be able to being a semblance of peace in the city.
Senator Farhatullah Babar said the detection of Safoora suspects and their arrest within the such a short span of time had raised the credibility of law-enforcement agencies. He expressed the hope that the criminals will be brought to justice.
Responding to their questions, the chief minister lamented that the National Database and Registration Authority and the National Alien Registration Authority of the federal government had failed to register illegal immigrants who kept coming to the city. He said Karachi was an economic and hub and people came here, not only from rest of the country but also other countries.