KARACHI: Sindh higher authorities have mulled over introducing strict laws to curb unending menace of street crimes in Karachi. Sindh police and other provincial institutions failed to curb street crimes despite making tall claims and exercising different strategies. Higher authorities decided to find concrete solution to uproot menace.

Sindh Inspector GeneralPolice Ghulam Nabi Memon and Advisor to Chief Minister for Law Murtaza Wahab held consultations on rising street crime incidents. They mulled over new legislation against street criminals. Sources said that draft bill is under consideration by provincial authorities for legislating interrogative custody and blocking immediate bail of street crime suspects. In meeting, Murtaza Wahab and Ghulam Nabi Memon also deliberated on different laws formulated by reforms committee.

Wahab said that government will prioritise public welfare in new law. Senior officers of police department and legal experts have started reviewing all aspects of new legislation.

More than 30 million citizens of metropolis are left helpless in hands of armed dacoits who fearlessly loot Karachiites in any area and kill citizens for resisting robberies.

An alarming rise was witnessed in street crime incidents in Karachi in 2022. According to reports, an average of 10 street crime incidents were reported in Karachi in an hour, taking daily count to 239.

In 2022, total of 85,948 crime incidents had been reported while large number of incidents went unreported.

Published in The Daily National Courier, January, 03 2023

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