Sindh police is establishing checkpoints at all entry points of Sindh to maintain records of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of North Waziristan with the assistance of National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra).
Talking to Business Recorder, Inspector General Sindh Police, Iqbal Mehmood, at a meeting organised by Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan (ABAD) held at its central office here on Thursday said that Sindh police was presently establishing checkpoints at all entry points of Sindh to register IDPs of North Waziristan. He said that Sindh police had taken Nadra on board to verify IDPs' fingerprints though its database.
To a question, he said that if no record of any IDP was found in Nadra's database, the person would be detained and then the department would also strongly recommend to the authority concerned for his/her deportation. Earlier, in his formal speech at the meeting, he said that Karachi was not developed in an organized manner where authority had failed to maintain the records of the people living in Katchi Abadis.
He stressed the need of implementing the practice adopted by Malaysia to eradicate its Katchi Abadis, saying that Katchi Abadis should not only be converted into high-rise structures but its inhabitants should also be accommodated in it, which would help the authorities to make inhabitants, belonging to nine ethnicities traceable through system.
"On the other hand, police department is also working on capacity building and for the purpose, department has taken serious measures to improve the functioning of its different departments including investigation, legal operation, prosecution, forensic, etc.
The IG Sindh further said: "There are only 29,700 policemen in Sindh, of them 12,000 officers have been reserved for the security of sensitive installation and high-profile personalities." He said that department was facing acute shortage of the law enforcers. He said that the department had been asking Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block all unregistered Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) activated in the Sindh but instead of shutting down old SIMs, cellular companies were restricted to issue SIMs through biometric system, which was good but could not yield desired results.
He also urged the PTA to take stern measures to block all old unregistered SIMs. Speaking about the unabated killings in the city, he said that majority of killings was taken place due to personal enmity and department was striving to eradicate killings. Earlier, Ghulam Qadir Thebo, Additional Inspector General, Sindh admitted that crime rates was high in Karachi for the last few months, saying that criminal activities had reduced in Karachi during surgical operation but now it was again getting momentum as some new Taliban groups had emerged in the city.
He dispelled the impression of favouritism in the postings of SHOs, saying that SHOs were posted on merits and the recommendations of DIGs and SSPs. Meanwhile, Mohsin Sheikhani, chairman Abad, said that around 50 percent city population was living in Katchi Abadis and termed it as one of the major factors for high crime rate. Senior Vice Chairman Abad Saleem Kassim Patel said that incidents of extortions, encroachment, kidnapping for ransom, etc were again growing and urged IG Sindh to look into the matter. He also requested the IG Sindh to activate Abad's crisis management cell established by interior ministry by providing it logistic support.
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