119 police officers, personnel killed in Karachi this year: AIG Sindh

Headlines119 police officers, personnel killed in Karachi this year: AIG Sindh

KARACHI: As many as 119 police officers and personnel have been killed in Karachi this year as the country’s financial capital is prone to targeted killings — political as well as sectarian — and terrorism.

However, the morale remained high among police personnel despite the obstacles faced by them on a day-to-day basis in the city, Additional Inspector General Sindh (AIG) Ghulam Qadir Thebo told a press conference at the Central Police Office on Tuesday.

The AIG informed that a number of people in Karachi were using weapons for illegal activities, adding that the police was continually carrying out raids across the metropolis without any regard for political affiliations of suspected individuals.

Thebo said there were 200,000 foreigners residing in the city with no legal documentation and no records of these individuals were available with the government.

The AIG claimed that the city’s law and order situation had been improving gradually. He said that police apprehended two target killers and nine extortionists and 139 weapons were seized from their possession.

It is pertinent to mention that a special meeting of the federal cabinet is scheduled on Wednesday in Karachi. The Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will preside over the meeting which will chalk out a strategy to curb targeted killings and other criminal activities in the city.

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