IT is difficult to walk around the city carrying your mobile phone these days as no place is safe. It doesn’t matter if you’re walking or on your bike or driving a car – you can get mugged.

Mobile snatching has become so frequent in the last couple of months that it is worrisome. The city’s law and order situation has deteriorated drastically. The policemen are not doing their jobs and are letting illegal activity take place right under their noses.

In some parts of the city, gangs of teens armed with pistols are robbing people. Sometimes they fire in the open and sometimes this can result in death. I would like authorities concerned to take action to protect the citizens of Karachi.

Ali Kazim

Karachi

Published in Dawn, October 15th, 2018