Unidentified armed men riding a motorbike opened fire at a police vehicle near Parking Plaza in Saddar and injured three policemen including the ASI who succumbed to his wounds on his way to hospital.
The ASI’s body and two injured policemen were taken to Jinnah hospital. The policemen are said to have serious injuries.
Another police van was targeted near Tibet Centre on MA Jinnah Road with a cracker bomb. Three people including a woman and a child were injured in the attack.
The injured were shifted to Civil hospital for medical assistance.
Sindh AIG Ghulam Qadir Thebo, while speaking to the media, said members of banned militant outfits were targeting police in the city.
He stressed that no number of attacks can demoralise his force.
With number of attacks on police force increasing at a fast rate, the provincial authorities are considering imposing a ban on pillion riding in Karachi.
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Mr. Thebo and others should understand that inconveniencing the general public is not a good strategy to combat terrorism. A better strategy would be to have qualified and experienced people in charge of intelligence operations and try to prevent these attacks. They are apparently starting in small so called masjids which are built on land that was never officially allotted to any organization/person for the purpose of a Masjid or a madressa.
Work with the Ulama of the city and have them declare by a FATWA that one cannot pray on Ghazabi land and any one who uses land not his own property is stealing the land from the State or some one else, hence Salat cannot be conducted without the permission of the owner. This alone would probably help rein in illegal and terroristic activities. Second one is the total commitment by the political parties of not having militant wings. Mr. Thebo is aware of the fact that each political party have Gullu Butt and they support Gullu Butts in their midst.
Now Mr Thebo or someone else has what it takes to implement these or just follow the oral traditions and wait for their turn to be a martyr.
Do US, UK, Japanese, German, Iranian, Malaysian, Chinese, etc. police forces ever get demoralized? Only underpaid, under-trained, ill equipped, and illiterate police get demoralized. Salams