Staff Reporter
Additional Inspector General Sindh Police Ghulam Nabi Memon said that 60 pc of street crimes were committed by drug addicts to address this issue police will establish 12 rehabilitation Centers in the city. He was addressing a gathering of industrialist at Korangi Association of Trade & Industry (KATI) here on Friday. On this occasion President KATI Danish Khan, Senior Vice President Faraz-ur-Urrehan, Head of KATI’s standing Committee on Law&order Nadeem Khan, CPLC chief Malir&Korangi Zubair Chhaya, Senator Abdul Hafeez Khan and VP Maheen Salman also expressed their views.
President KATI Danish Khan said that infrastructure of Karachi had been collapsed and is the basic cause of disturbance in traffic flow. He said a comprehensive strategy to address this issue is much needed than ever. Danish Khan said that as compare to the population of city number of police personnel are far behind. He suggested to induct more human resource for police. He also said that merger of police station is a point of concern, people have already been facing hurdles in launching complains. Nadeem Khan said that SSP Korangi Ali Raza and his team is doing great job and had launched a crackdown against criminal elements, their efforts are recommendable.
Senator Abdul Hasseb Khan said that without a central plan of the city nobody can enforce law properly in this city, it is time to bring a master plan of city. Zubair Chhaya said that the decision of separating operation and investigation should be revisited. Prior to this city police chief Ad IG Ghulam Nabi Memon said that he is focusing on to make police response steadier and more instantaneous. He told that 15 force has been facing shortage of resources and vehicles, working to provide required resources to the force had been initiated. He said police department had contacted telecoms to provide complainant’s location to 15 force it will make response 10-15 minutes faster.
Memon said that police stations are to respond crimes and to reinstate their role in law enforcement there is a lot to be done. He said that policemen are not personal guards so we calling back our personals from such duties.
He told that a 7-member board had been formed, consisting on 6 DIGS an himself, to appoint Station House Officers (SHO). Now this would be done through a system not by any individual authority.
