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Karachi tense despite strict measures
KARACHI: Parts of the city were tense today despite strict measures to maintain law and order in the metropolis adopted Sunday, Geo News reported.Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Sunday that a partial curfew would be imposed in Karachi to control target killings. Talking to reporters at the airport here, he said a semi-curfew would be imposed in parts of the city to control the killings. He did not explain the areas where the curfew will be imposed, or its timings.
Ranchor Lines, Jubilee, Burns Road and surrounding areas were closed because of killing of two Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers.
The law enforcement agencies have failed to make any headway against the target killings.
The Sindh government again banned the pillion riding in the city Monday only compounding the miseries of common man. The decision to ban pillion riding in the city was taken at a meeting of the Sindh home department in view of the worsening law and order situation in Karachi.
The meeting held at the Chief Minister's House on Sunday jointly presided over by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Interior Minister Rehman Malik decided that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) would join the police and Rangers to control target killings. The meeting was informed that some suspects came from abroad and took part in recent target killings in the city. Some of them returned while others had disappeared, according to an official handout.
The meeting also decided that strict action would be taken against the users of snatched/stolen mobile phones because it had been proved that terrorists and criminals were using such mobile phones. Warnings have been issued to mobile phone agencies and agents to follow the rules; otherwise, action would be taken against them under the anti-terrorism law.
Courtesy www.geo.tv