Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar answered questions in the provincial assembly session after the speech of the opposition leader and others and informed the house about the operations and actions being taken by the government and law enforcing departments to improve the law and order situation in the province.After the formation of the PPP government, he said, the chief minister listed his priorities, in which law and order was a top priority, while President Asif Ali Zardari recently held two meetings on law and order in which all stakeholders were present. There will be no compromise on law and order in Sindh, he added. Lanjar said the total number of police personnel in Sindh is 119,373 and recruitment underway in Sindh Police. He noted that at present, 42,000 posts are vacant for police constables and in this regard recruitment is taking place.
He said there is one policeman for every four hundred and fifty people worldwide and here in Sindh there is one policeman for 594 people. Replying to a question where the police force was, the home minister said Sindh is the only province where every nationality is settled. The police number need to be increased and strengthened as per standards. “I say to those who criticize the police: this is your police.”
He added black sheep are in every institution and the police are doing their job. The police are assigned polio duty, revenue problems, motorway, railways have called the police, there is no need for police at federal installations when FCs are performing duty and the police perform duties in judges and squad duties. Rangers are playing an important role in Sindh and they have a budget of Rs6 billion. Moreover, Rangers in Sindh are working with the police on various targets and they are also working closely with the police in Katcha areas, he added.
The home minister informed the hosue that if the personnel on VIP duties are removed from the total squad, then at least one personnel per six to seven hundred people comes and also the Motorway and Railway Police have called back Sindh Police personnel. “We have SIU, CIA, Madadgar-15, Security Unit One, Security Unit Two and the Court police are also working.
