Apex committee decides to intensify Karachi operation

Thirty additional ATCs to be formed; 8,000 policemen and 20 prosecutors will be appointed

KARACHI: In a major move aimed at curbing terrorist attacks on security personnel in Karachi, the Sindh government has decided to set up 30 additional anti-terrorism courts (ATCs) besides inducting 8,000 policemen and 20 prosecutors.

This was decided in the meeting of Sindh Apex Committee under the chair of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah at the Chief Minister’s House on Wednesday.

“Important decisions have been taken in today’s meeting, which will soon be implemented,” Information Adviser to Sindh chief minister, Maula Bux Chandio, told media during a press briefing.



Chandio expressed the government’s resolve to chase down terrorists who, he said, escape to rural Sindh after carrying out terror activities in Karachi.

“We have decided to intensify the continuing Karachi operation against terrorists,” Chandio said, adding measures will be taken to improve the situation of jails in the city.

According to sources, Tuesday’s killings of two Military Police personnel dominated a major part of the meeting, and the leadership was briefed by DG Rangers Major General Bilal Akbar about the killings and actions being taken for arrest of the perpetrators.



Unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle had opened fire on a Military Police vehicle, killing two personnel near Karachi’s Tibet Centre.

The apex committee meeting also reviewed implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) besides discussing the overall law and order situation of the province.

“It is our duty to implement NAP in the province,” the chief minister reportedly told participants of the apex committee meeting.

Sindh Governor Dr Ishtarul Ebad, Corps Commander Karachi Lt-General Naveed Mukhtar, DG Rangers, Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal and IG Sindh, among others, attended the meeting.