The Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh Justice (Retd) MaqboolBaqar has sought a report from the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA), Board of Revenue (BoR) and Police over various complaints. He directed the SBCA to provide a detailed report on how many building maps were passed every month before August 17 and how many were passed then, according to a CM House spokesman. He asked how many illegal buildings were sealed every month before August 17 and how many had been sealed now.
Furthermore, he also sought a report from the Board of Revenue on how many registries were done in different categories every month in the sub-registrar offices before August 17 and how many were being done then. He said that complaints were being received that sub-registrar offices had also slowed down the work of registries.Moreover, the Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh also directed measures to prevent the illegal use of police mobiles and official vehicles. He said that Police and other government agencies had been directed to maintain the log book of their vehicles.
They should write in the log book about where the vehicle went and for what purpose as well as how far was the vehicle from the official work and how much petrol was consumed. After how much mileage, when the oil and oil filter of the vehicle changed and when should it be changed again, he added that the log book should be verified by a senior officer, which would also be checked by the inspection teams from time to time. All these reports should be sent to the CM Secretariat within one week.
Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Justice (retd) MaqboolBaqar had approved the medical insurance policy of Rs1 billion for all the policemen and issued directives for strengthening, and renovation of all the police stations. He took this decision while presiding over a meeting to review the progress of the implementation of decisions taken in the Special APEX Committee meeting held on October 6, 2023, at CM House. The meeting was attended by Minister Home Brig Haris Nawaz, Minister Law Omar Soomro, Chief Secretary DrFakhreAlam, PSCM Hassan Naqvi, Home Secretary IqbalMemon, IG Police RiffatMukhtar, Secretary Finance KazimJatoi, Adl IG Karachi Khadim Rind, DIGs.Illegal Foreigners: Home Secretary IqbalMemon briefed the chief minister about the implementation status of the Special Apex Committee decisions. He added that the Provincial, Divisional, and District Implementation Committees have been notified in pursuance of the Ministry of Interior policy on the ‘Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan.’ The decisions taken in the 1st meeting of the Provincial Implementation Committee held on 12th Oct 2023 are as follows:
The Special Branch (SB) is designated as the lead agency for the implementation of the repatriation plan. It would identify the localities, including business areas with the help of the other law enforcement agencies (LEA).The Special Branch would ascertain illegal foreigners by effective ground check-in. The areas identified would be targeted. The Divisional and District Implementation Committees would also collect data and share it with the home dept. The law enforcement agencies (LEAs) would assess the identified areas and decide on combing operations if required.
The chief secretary told that the federal govt has already directed the NADRA and M/o SAFRON to assist the LEAs during operations for verification of illegal immigrants. The meeting decided that the data of non-Pakistanis recorded in Sindh in the census 2023 would be obtained from the Census Commissioner for mapping of legal and illegal immigrants. PoR and ACC holders would have to register themselves at the nearest police stations and the failure to do so would be considered as illegal foreigners.
