MQM-P expresses concern on rising street crimes

The Coordination Committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) has expressed concern over the increasing incidents of street crimes in Karachi and said that the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) have failed to control the criminal elements involved in snatching, theft and robberies.

The committee said that the citizens of Karachi are being deprived of their valuable goods worth millions of rupees every day. An alarmingly large number of street crimes have been reported in the city during the past three months.

According to newspaper reports, more than 19,000 citizens have been deprived of their motorcycles, mobile phones, and vehicles. The committee said that these are the reported figures when citizens approached the police stations, while there are thousands of people who did not file any complaints. Robbers shot and killed 34 civilians during robbery incidents.

The crime situation in the city is a big question mark on the efficiency of law enforcement agencies.

The cmmittee said that handing over the metropolitan city to the police officers belonging to remote areas of Sindh is a criminal negligence.

The incompetent and biased government of Sindh has made the largest city of Pakistan a favourite for professional bandits.

Meanwhile, the Coordination Committee of MQM-P has strongly condemned the killing of IBA Professor Dr. Ajmal Sawand in a tribal dispute in Kandhkot. The coordination committee said that due to tribal enmity in Sindh, many precious lives have been lost so far, but no steps are being taken by the Sindh government to prevent it, which is sad.

The committee said that a messiah who got education from a top university in France and left a better life in Europe and came back to the home country to serve the people of Sindh, has been murdered. The MQM-P stands with the family of Ajmal Sawand in this hour of sorrow.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 8^th, 2023.