Thousands of toy guns seized in Karachi raids
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Karachi police on Saturday launched a crackdown against sale of toy guns, a day after Sindh home department imposed a ban on sale of such guns for two months in the metropolis, officials said.
Police carried out raids in Bolton Market and Chakiwara and seized thousands of toy guns, said City SSP Adeel Hussain Chandio.
The senior officer added that around 22 shopkeepers and traders of toy guns have been arrested.
SSP Chandio pointed out that police have received reports that such toy guns were being used by street criminals to carry out crimes.
Besides, with Eidul Fitr approaching, the sale of toy guns tend to increase manifold and mostly children buy and play with them, which sometimes leads to their eyes getting hurt accidentally. Thus, toy guns have become a public nuisance, Chandio said.
He said cases have been registered against the held suspects under Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Pakistan Penal Code on behalf of the State.
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Jun 10, 2017 09:09pm
I prefer board games
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Jun 10, 2017 09:16pm
Karachi police must launch a crackdown against sale of gutka, Sindh home department imposed a ban on sale of gutka but its available police taking bahta for open sale of gutka no one has power to kill this mafia
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Jun 10, 2017 09:22pm
Wonder if our police is fight the crime with toy guns ..no wonder the crime wont go away...
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Jun 10, 2017 09:28pm
This should not stop here. The government should ban idealizing war figures as heros from curriculum. Instead our hero should great intellectuals like Socrates, ibn Rushd, Aristotle, ibn Sina.
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Jun 10, 2017 09:29pm
So these shopkeepers and traders, did they belong to MQM?
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Jun 10, 2017 09:32pm
The situation is becoming ridiculous.
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Jun 10, 2017 09:34pm
For a change please confiscate real guns too
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Jun 10, 2017 09:38pm
I guess the gov and police are so lame that this is all they can do. Really shameful that they have no other plans to tackle crime.
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Jun 10, 2017 09:54pm
What about real guns
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Jun 10, 2017 10:05pm
Somebody really needs to remind our police force that Karachi and Pakistan's problems are not because of the presence of toy guns but because of the massive amounts of real guns.
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Jun 10, 2017 10:10pm
It's good. Rest provinces must also follow n permanently banned
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Jun 10, 2017 10:12pm
Good news as any innocent citizen can be intimated by such real looking toy guns. Also govt should catch the real arms dealers who have flooded Karachi with real guns in the past two decades or so
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Jun 10, 2017 10:15pm
@Faysal Gutkha and Gun: which of the two given is more dangerous and a serious threat to human life ?
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Jun 10, 2017 10:16pm
That's what the poor guys can do go after the toy gun ignoring more important things to do such go search the house of our politician to get the real stuff.
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Jun 10, 2017 10:29pm
Why not go after real guns?
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Jun 10, 2017 10:30pm
We are a laughing stock in front of the world.Toy guns don't kill people.How these toys were imported and who allowed at Custom to enter Pakistan if it is a banned item.Please get all the government officials arrested who allowed these toy guns to enter Pakistan.Courts to take suo moto action and arrest these policemen who raided these shops.Corruption and looting at highest level in the history of Pakistan.
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Jun 10, 2017 10:46pm
Ban yesterday . Raid n sieze today . On a days notice, you make those businesses lose hundreds of thousands rupees merchandise . Bravo!
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Jun 10, 2017 10:47pm
Such innocent act, looks pretty, love you
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Jun 10, 2017 10:57pm
What sort of nation has toy guns?? This is a pretty stresssing factor of any country.
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Jun 10, 2017 11:02pm
"The senior officer added that around 22 shopkeepers and traders of toy guns have been arrested." So now you started arresting shopkeepers too?
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Jun 10, 2017 11:03pm
Asli guns with public are allowed. Only toys ceased. What a funny thing :))
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Jun 10, 2017 11:06pm
Ridiculous, toys are toys.No modern democratic state takes such measures...
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Jun 10, 2017 11:08pm
So true. Once my nephew also got a hit on his eyes by some random kid. Fortunately his eyes were saved. Sure this is a nuisance
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Jun 10, 2017 11:13pm
Sindh government and police is only capable to seize toy guns.
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Jun 10, 2017 11:29pm
I would have loved had they started off with real guns first. We sincerely need to de-weaponize our society. Just a media marketing gimmick and not tackling the real issue.
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Jun 10, 2017 11:59pm
is that illegal...toy guns..lol
u peeps cant find anything else
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Jun 11, 2017 12:11am
Very sensible decision not only in current climate but at anytime.
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Jun 11, 2017 12:12am
Excellent approach ..
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Jun 11, 2017 12:18am
Encouraging kids to play toy guns, or consider them 'fun' and harmless is dangerous. They are likely to grow up admiring real guns,
US has clamped down on Toy Guns all across the board due to many Police shooting of kids who were were seen brandishing a Plastic toy gun which looked very realistic. In such instances Police have no choice to take a shot first for their own protection, than ask questions. If the kids are also used as suicide bombers, there is no telling when Kds will also be carrying real guns and shooting at whoever. Hence the epidemic of random gun violence in the US,
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Jun 11, 2017 12:54am
Good move.
Toy guns should be banned once and for all.
Young generation is getting too much obsessed with guns and which may have adverse implications in the long run.
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Jun 11, 2017 01:05am
Good move. We must not give guns in the hands of our kids
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Jun 11, 2017 01:16am
Good job clean the mess of 70-80s please
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Jun 11, 2017 01:37am
A child firing a toy gun starts dreaming of a real gun and may one day, end up as a gangster. Such toys are really harmful and must be banned even for this reason.
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Jun 11, 2017 01:50am
some sense prevails, finally
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Jun 11, 2017 02:38am
all over pakistan please! banned period
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Jun 11, 2017 02:46am
the Police arrested the shopkeepers under which law ?? Was there a ban on sale of toy guns earlier ?? If the ban has been imposed yesterday the government should give enough time to shopkeepers to clear their stock or they should buy instead of harassing them.
All these tricks will not help...there are no jobs for youth so ultimately they will turn to crime. Karachi is the largest city in the world now but we have no one to speak to for our problems. The chief minister has turned out to be a servant of his master instead of people's servant.
The suited booted politician mafia wants to keep the youth uneducated so they can rule. Stop these ugly tricks and do the work that needs to be done.
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Jun 11, 2017 04:43am
Good step.
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Jun 11, 2017 05:27am
Good initiation for the kids
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Jun 11, 2017 06:01am
Why not try to seize and apprehend those who carry real guns?
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Jun 11, 2017 08:27am
Good Move to change innocent minds. Kids should not be given such toys.
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Jun 11, 2017 08:43am
Nice decision banned with zero tolerance so kids should know it is bad thing
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Jun 11, 2017 09:06am
In our corrupt culture systems nothing will happen
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Jun 11, 2017 09:33am
What a joke
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Jun 11, 2017 10:03am
The order is issued just like that, these are poor people doing business for bread n butter in your ignored province and city. Either such toys should be for sale if there is any law for such type of toy sale. If it isn't there is should be a warring or a notice for a certain period of time to remove and stop sale of such toys. It should be like one days you were out for breakfast with friends on official expense and their you come up with this idea.
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Jun 11, 2017 10:43am
Toy guns should be banned altogether.
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Jun 11, 2017 11:06am
Its for public interest ,government did well.
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Jun 11, 2017 11:33am
Crime by toy guns o my God it reminds me of crime master gogo of andaz apana apana movie.
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Jun 11, 2017 11:41am
Now what are the boys going to do with their eidi :)
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Jun 11, 2017 12:46pm
Great job!! Now the practice game is over, and time to go after the real guns.
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Jun 11, 2017 02:25pm
It is a good move.All kids toy's depicting violence,should be banned, forever !
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Jun 11, 2017 03:21pm
Well done Karachi police; "Toy" guns are the reason why we have all these problems in Pakistan including street crimes, terrorism, extremism, corruption and the list goes on. Great to see your highly intellectual approach to finally getting to the root cause of all our problems!!!!!!
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Jun 11, 2017 10:50pm
Why does govt. Ban on imports and manufacturing of these toy guns?
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Jun 12, 2017 04:10am
Good move.
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