DIG East assures businessmen of safe working conditions

KARACHI:

Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) Karachi East Saqib Inam Memon has reiterated his resolve to make all out efforts to control street crimes and provide relief to citizens.

He also assured of strenuous efforts to thwart all types of criminal activities happening in the metropolis so that the business community and the citizens could move fearlessly on the streets.During his visit of Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on Saturday, he said that keeping in view the population and the dimensions of Karachi city, it was really a challenging task to deal with the menace of street crimes. He assured hardworking and dedicated police officers had succeeded in foiling many criminal and terrorist activities.

"We never have appreciated all the good things, but strongly criticised for being unable to completely eradicate street crimes", he added. Referring to concerns expressed over manhandling of businessmen in connection with NCOC's directives to strictly observe business timings, the DIG East explained that police officers were not trained to deal with this kind of situation but they were trained for dealing with crime and criminals.

"It is not an excuse as businessmen must not be mistreated at any cost. We will look into this issue and take steps by strictly advising police officers to act politely," he assured. He also agreed to hold a meeting by every month-end to discuss law related issues being faced by KCCI members and this would certainly improve coordination to promptly resolve issues.

BMG Chairman Zubair Motiwala, who also joined the meeting via phone, underscored the need for improved coordination between KCCI and police department and extended full support and cooperation to police department in dealing with any issue related to business community.

BMG General Secretary AQ Khalil suggested to appoint more officers at police stations with provision of latest equipment and gadgets to ensure round the clock working of the police stations and efficient handling of any law and order incident.

KCCI Senior Vice President Saqib Goodluck requested the DIG East to devise effective strategies to strictly deal with and put an end to the incidents of street crimes which have created a miserable atmosphere not only for the business community but also for all the citizens of Karachi

KCCI Vice President Shamsul Islam, in his remarks, said that there were identified locations where street crimes were constantly taking place but no concrete step was to secure these hotspots. "The police department should enhance patrolling at such sensitive locations so that the culprits could be apprehended", he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 27^th, 2021.