KARACHI: A senior leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan on Monday demanded that Karachi be handed over to the Pakistan army for three months.

“The Sindh government and police have left the people of Karachi at the mercy of dacoits and street criminals as only on Monday robbers killed two citizens and looted over Rs12 million,” said senior MQM-P leader Mustafa Kamal.

He said that around 60 people had been killed in the first three months of the current year in Karachi and it showed that the provincial government and incompetent police had failed to curb the menace of street crime.

“Karachi should be handed over to the army for three months as the Sindh government is not serious in providing protection to the life and property of citizens,” he said in a statement.

He asked Sindh Home Minister Zia Lanjar as to why police were not taking action against street criminals in the metropolis.

Mr Kamal said that his party was ready to extend its all-out cooperation to deal with the menace of street crimes in Karachi.

Published in Dawn, April 9th, 2024