On a surprise visit to marketplaces in the city, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon announced that militants had failed to sabotage the city’s peace and threatened to put criminals on trial “for their acts of injustice”.
Speaking to journalists on the eve of Eid, Memon said that the hustle and bustle of the bazaars in Karachi is a living proof that terrorists have failed in their nefarious designs to harm the city. These terrorists, he said, wanted to create fear among the city dwellers but the government would stop them in their tracks.
Memon added that President Asif Ali Zardari has spread his message of peace among the political and religious parties by offering a reconciliation policy. However, some miscreants are still hatching conspiracies against the country.
He also said that the government has taken positive steps to ensure law and order and the crowds of shoppers in the shopping centres showed that terrorists have failed.
Memon visited various markets in Clifton, Defence, Zamzama, Tariq Road, Hyderi, Saddar and Gulshan-e-Iqbal in Karachi.
While encouraging people to discuss their problems, he took a serious note of the price hike in the city.
He advised administratitive bodies dealing with price fixing to obey the orders of the government, saying that strict action will be taken against the officers found negligent.
He said that the Sindh Chief Minister had issued clear cut instructions to control the prices in a meeting called to discuss the issue. He said that it was responsibility of the administration to implement the CM’s instructions. He was accompanied by Senator Saeed Ghani, Deputy Commissioner South Karachi Mustafa Jamal Qazi, and other officials.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 20th, 2012.
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He is clearly provoking the terrorists, Coz he is missing the fun.
Mr Minister what do you think of the 10,12 people gunned down almost daily in karachi or the scores killed on sectarian basis on almost every other day?
Still think the terrorists have failed?
@ kando kasira i am not supporting the government,sharjeel memon is not the cause of problem, the problem lies with the people like one of us who elect incompetent electables again and again.
I know 3 people who got killed in Karachi in the last few days. Please tell this to their families. We cannot wait for regime change and for these bs statements to stop.
When ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise.
SO what? people want to live too, don't take credit for people wanting to live when you have totally failed as a Government. Next we will hear "people are breathing, proof we are doing very well and have eliminated all problems".
Our airbases are not safe from the terrorists (they did manage to infiltrate the complex), you Minister travel with hundreds of security guards as your security escort.. so forget about us poor helpless citizens, we know our fate all too well.
The other possibility is that people are ready to face whatever consequences may be just as they have bravely faced load shedding, target killing, inflation and other uncountable and immeasurable actions of this highly inept, completely incompetence and totally shameless administration.
Please dont take credit for this, it is obvious, the militants have also taken an Eid break. They can virtually do anything anywhere at there free will as we poor citizens know.
i am not sure about his statement. Govt have been blocking cellphones to disrupt terrorist activities.
No cellphones means government has failed.