KARACHI: Senior leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan Mustafa Kamal demanded yesterday that the government should take all possible measures to curb the spate of deadly street crimes in Karachi and across the country.

Addressing a fiery presser, Kamal t rmed the ongoing killing of civilians as 'genocide' over resisting robberies. He also slammed the tall claims of the law enforcement agencies' of maintaining peace in the country highlighting that 71 people killed by muggers this year.

Kamal while addressing at the press conference was surrounded by people carrying pictures of victims who lost lives in different mugging incidents in the metropolis. MQM leader urged the government to take immediate effective measures and develop strategies against the rising wave of street crimes and ensure safety of the citizens.

A day before yesterday, in another distressing incident of robbery, a young man was shot dead by muggers during a motorcycle snatching attempt in Gulshan-e-Iqbal. The deceased was a gold medalist and was currently enrolled in the MBA programme at IBA.

According to the FIR registered on the complaint of Usman Moin, brother of the victim, identified as 27-year-old Ittiqa Moin, two armed men on a motorcycle intercepted Ittiqa as he was returning from a bakery run. They forcibly snatched his motorcycle, mobile phone, and cash, and started beating him. This is when Ittiqa put up resistance, prompting the muggers to open fire.

Kamal also condoled with the parents of Ittiqa and said that people of urban areas are being oppressed under the quota system in Sindh for the last 50 years. He alleged that jobs are given to the people of rural Sindh on the quota of urban Sindh by creating fake domiciles and now these talented youths are being killed under the guise of robbery.

Published in The Daily National Courier, June, 05 2024

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