'Over 1,000 crime dens operative in Karachi'

A report prepared by the Sindh Police on Saturday revealed that at least 1,250 crime dens are functional in Karachi.

The report  stated that out of the total number of crime dens, 165 are in Orangi while the rest are in Clifton, Kemari, Layyari Town, Baldiya Town, Jamshed Town, Gulberg, Saddar, Liaquatabad, Korangi and New Karachi.

IG Sindh Sultan Salahuddin Babar Khattak took notice of the report and ordered immediate action. Sources also say that the report has been sent to all relevant police stations.

Killings continue

Atleast one person was killed and one injured after incidents of firing were reported in Malir and Punjab Chowrangi respectively .

Sindh Government law and order spending

Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minster Sharmila Farooqi stated that the provincial government is spending 86 per cent of its budget to improve law and order in the province.

Speaking to Express News, she said the Sindh government is mobilising all resources to uproot the elements involved in disrupting peace. She also called on all political and religious parties to join hands against anti-state elements.

Farooqi also expressed the government's resolve to eliminate corruption from the Police Department.