Where was the Sindh Police during the three days of rioting?
KARACHI: Although it is already ‘too little and too late’, the Sindh Police’s declaration of its intentions to nab the miscreants of the three day rioting are totally welcome. However, instead of asking citizens to come forward and give names of hooligans, the Sindh police should ask itself a few basic questions:
1. Where was the Sindh Police during the three days of rioting? What was it doing and why did it not proactively take position at various riot-prone spots to prevent gathering of people. Surely it is easier to stop 10 people while they are gathering instead of 100 once they have already gathered. Why were the 4,000 plus Sindh Policemen on VIP duty of ‘important people’ not withdrawn to support the regular police during this period? So, can one say that the problem may have been caused by the inaction and non-professionalism of the reactive Sindh Police?
2. Why has the Sindh police not registered cases and FIRs against the leaders of the religious militant groups for incitement to treason, mutiny and murder? Does the Sindh police not consider these a crime? Will it do so immediately or will it be awaiting a political nod?
Naeem Sadiq
Published in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2018.
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