Staff Report
KARACHI: Following the rise in street crimes in the port city which has triggered the loss of lives over the past few weeks, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Thursday said that the provincial government has decided to banish illegal immigrants from Karachi.
The chief minister presided over an important meeting on Thursday with security agencies where the focus was converged on the rising street crimes in the province, particularly the metropolis.
In the meeting, CM urged Sindh Rangers Director General (DG) Major General Azhar Waqas to speed up intelligence-based operations across the province and to put the criminals behind bars. Murad Ali Shah also directed Sindh Police to take strict action against people involved in street crimes.
Government action against law-breakers
We will not allow terrorism to rear its ugly head again in the country, as the terrorists want to sabotage peace, said CM. Earlier on December 15, a final-year student of the NED University of Engineering and Technology, Bilal, was killed by the snatchers while he was sitting at a tea shop at the University Road.
Another heartbreaking incident took place when 41-year-old man Zeeshan Afzal Khan was shot dead by armed men for blocking a mugging attempt in Gulistan-e-Johar, Block-14 on September 2.
Before these gruesome incidents, 30-year-old Ammar, an employee of a local pharmaceutical company, was killed while he was heading to work, by three armed gunmen.
