No peace in Karachi till law enforcers are free of political pressures, says SC
The Supreme Court's five-member bench made this statement during the hearing of the case pertaining to the follow-up of the court orders issued in the suo motu notice taken by the Supreme Court last year.
The court also directed the Sindh government to present the terms and conditions upon which licenses for arms are issued.
Earlier during the hearing, all police officials accompanying high-level officials to the hearing of the Karachi unrest case underway in the Karachi Registry were ordered to return to their duties by the five-member bench.
The court, while the hearing was underway, ordered all SHOs to return to their police stations for performing their duties.
“If all officers come here, who will perform their duties in their respective areas?” enquired the bench before sending all of them off to their designated posts.
The five-member bench is hearing the case to assess if and how the earlier verdict of the court was implemented in the city.
Out of the officials summoned in the previous hearing, DG Rangers, IG Sindh and the chief secretary Sindh appeared in court.
The heads of law enforcement agencies assured the court that measures ensuring peace in the city had been enacted.
In the last hearing, the police and Sindh officials tried their best to persuade the Supreme Court that they had acted on its recommendations from a year ago to successfully bring down Karachi’s crime rate – but the judges would have none of it.
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Perfect observation! Our police is century old established by colonial power in 1861. It has to be reformed so that politicians have no control over police whatsoever as in the West.
Law and order system is directly related to overall condition, a small sample was confirmed in the asghar khan case, when the entire system is based on conspiracy, deceit, dishonesty, and corruption these type of situation is bound to happen, tackling the symptom may have some short term relieve but a long lasting solution require realignment of instructional balance and revival of national narrative on equality, tolerance, accountablity, and honesty. Conditional, popular, and convenient steps will only provide short term relief. The key is in changing the overall narrative and that would require consensus across the board and people's participation to encourage individual responsibilities and accountability, and changing the state outlook and policies.
Excellent order............now kindly ensure it is followed.
What about the policemen accompanying CJ?
Is there a chain of command system here? While agree in principle with what is implied here, however, does it hold for these folks sitting there in that bench? Don't they require heavey security escorts when moving around? I've seen their 'bossman' the CJ travelling in a procession of security personnel. Multiple standards?!
Finally .. someone notices this !
Nice . That is indeed a very good judgement to send the extra police back to their duties . This will indeed increase the security the people need.
How about various other officials, from directors to secretaries?