KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Muhammad Idrees over rising lawlessness and street crimes in every single area of Karachi strongly slammed Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) who have failed miserably to control situation and maintain peace where citizens were fearlessly being looted and killed upon slight resistance even in broad daylight and at densely crowded places. “Karachi Chamber has been constantly highlighting this serious issue from time to time, but high-ups at LEAs remain silent and it appears that they are least bothered to provide any relief in terms of safety and security to perturbed citizens and business community”, he said.

“Keeping in view capabilities of Additional IG Javed Alam Odho, Business Community has high expectations from him hence, he must take concrete steps and deliver at any cost”, he stressed. He stressed there was a need to depoliticise police and introduce a mechanism of punishment and reward wherein poor performing officers should be suspended for a period of at least six months while hardworking ones must be promoted. Due to shrinking business and industrial activities caused mainly by rising cost of doing business and stubbornly high inflation, poverty and employment has risen sharply in society where unemployed youth, after failing to find adequate jobs, were landing up in world of crime that has led to raising bars of numerous criminal activities all over Karachi.  “Due to flashfloods, many individuals poured into Karachi but foreign criminal elements also took advantage of situation and entered city who are here to sabotage law and order hence, this serious issue much also be given attention otherwise situation would worsen further.” He said that federal government has also been largely ignoring law and order and other issues of Karachi which, despite contributing massively to national exchequer, remains deprived and suffers badly which was a sheer injustice to largest city of country.  President KCCI fervently appealed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan, Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah and heads of LEAs to pay special attention to miseries and hardships being suffered by Karachiites and adopt concrete steps to eradicate street crimes from Karachi where citizens were currently finding themselves too totally unsafe and vulnerable.

Published in The Daily National Courier, September, 14 2022

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