As Pakistan’s financial metropolis experienced a major rise in criminal activity that killed over ten people, Sindh senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon declared Wednesday that the “illegal residents” in Karachi are to responsible for the street crimes.
According to Geo News, 6,780 criminal occurrences occurred in Karachi during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, with 20 vehicles abducted and more than 130 stolen.
After performing Eid ul Fitr prayers in Hyderabad, Memon informed journalists, “The Sindh government is making every possible effort to control street crimes […] ‘Illegal settlers’ are the cause of street crime.”
Geo News also stated that 830 motorbikes were stolen, along with 4,200 others, during the same month.
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, authorities in Karachi reported thousands of street criminal occurrences last year, killing more than a hundred people.
The Commission also stated that the first quarter of this month followed the same pattern.
Amid the unregulated surge in street crimes, Additional Inspector General (AIG) Karachi Imran Yaqoob Minhas said that 300,000 to 400,000 professional beggars flock to the city throughout Ramadan to profit from the Eid season.
Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori, speaking to media in Karachi, described street violence as a barrier to economic growth.
“The SIFC — the county’s civil-military body — should take responsibility for restoring peace to Karachi,” he told reporters on Wednesday.
In his news conference, Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab stated that the metropolis, which has the country’s biggest population, has experienced an increase in street violence over the previous six months.
“Law enforcement agencies are working to apprehend the perpetrators,” he promised the crowd.
A few days ago, the Sindh High Court (SHC) issued a one-month deadline to the provincial government to restore peace and order in the state, citing escalating street violence in Karachi.
Iqra Khan