Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Justice (retd) Maqbool Baqar said on Thursday that his government was taking strict measures to curb the menace of street crime in Karachi and kidnapping for ransom in the riverine area of Sindh.
“We are establishing the rule of law and nobody would be allowed to take the law in his hands,” he said while talking to media on MA Jinnah Road at Seabreeze where he attended the Chehlum procession. Home Minister Brig (retd) Haris Nawaz, IG Police Raja Riffat Mukhtar, and Additional IG Police Khadim Rind were also present.
The caretaker CM said that all the abducted persons, except a few, had been recovered. He added that the remaining kidnapees would be recovered shortly. “We have given a clear message to the police that no negligence into the security and safety of the citizens would be tolerated,” he added.
Justice Baqar said that the issue of street crime was being solved. He added that the home minister and IG police were taking strict measures to control the situation and its positive results would come out shortly.To a question, the caretaker CM said that the civilian government was taking measures to improve the economic situation of the country. He hoped that people would witness the improvement.
Earlier, the chief minister attended Majlis at Nishtar Park and then went to CPO where he reviewed security arrangements for the procession at the Command & Control center. The chief minister also attended the peaceful culmination of Chehlum procession at M.A Jinnah Road, Seabreeze.