NA question hour: ‘ICT police picked up 2,836 beggars this year’
484 were sent to different Edhi centres, 70 to Child Centre Islamabad, while 2,282 were produced before courts.
484 were sent to different Edhi centres, 70 to Child Centre Islamabad, while 2,282 were produced before courts. PHOTO: EXPRESS
ISLAMABAD:
The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police has arrested 2,836 beggars from the rural and urban areas of the capital from January till November.
Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan stated this in the National Assembly while responding to a question from Member National Assembly (MNA) Tahira Aurangzeb, who asked the minister if the government has taken any step to eliminate the menace of beggary from the capital.
Nisar said that out of the arrested beggars, 484 have been sent to different Edhi centres, 70 underage beggars have been sent to the Child Centre Islamabad, while 2,282 have been produced before courts.
“The police have formed two anti-beggary squads to apprehend beggars swarming public places including traffic signals and different intersections in the ICT area. One squad is working in Saddar Zone, while the other is working in the Industrial Area Zone,” he said.
The minister said that station house officers of all police stations within ICT have strictly been directed to utilise their mobile vans to apprehend and curb beggary.
Special instructions have been issued to all the checkpoints to keep an eye on professional beggars who bring children to the capital in vehicles for begging, he said.
Nisar said all superintendents of police and supervisory duty magistrates were directly monitoring the campaign.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 16th, 2013
The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police has arrested 2,836 beggars from the rural and urban areas of the capital from January till November.
Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan stated this in the National Assembly while responding to a question from Member National Assembly (MNA) Tahira Aurangzeb, who asked the minister if the government has taken any step to eliminate the menace of beggary from the capital.
Nisar said that out of the arrested beggars, 484 have been sent to different Edhi centres, 70 underage beggars have been sent to the Child Centre Islamabad, while 2,282 have been produced before courts.
“The police have formed two anti-beggary squads to apprehend beggars swarming public places including traffic signals and different intersections in the ICT area. One squad is working in Saddar Zone, while the other is working in the Industrial Area Zone,” he said.
The minister said that station house officers of all police stations within ICT have strictly been directed to utilise their mobile vans to apprehend and curb beggary.
Special instructions have been issued to all the checkpoints to keep an eye on professional beggars who bring children to the capital in vehicles for begging, he said.
Nisar said all superintendents of police and supervisory duty magistrates were directly monitoring the campaign.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 16th, 2013