KARACHI: The Supreme Court assailed the Sindh government on Thursday for not taking proper steps in ensuring maintenance of law and order situation in the country.
During the proceedings of the Karachi law and order case on Thursday, the chief justice inquired about the status of the CCTV cameras to be placed at different locations in the city. To which the chief secretary replied that an amount of Rs 10 billion had been allocated for new CCTV cameras.
The court responded by stating that the government had failed to take action hence the Supreme Court had taken up the issue of law and order. “The issue is not allocating funds but also spending them where they are required to be spent,” the chief justice said. “We want full implementation on the orders of the Karachi law and order case.”
The chief justice further said that the security arrangements were undertaken on papers. He cautioned the government to take immediate steps rather than wait for another tragedy to take place. He said that if immediate steps were not taken then tragedies and disasters would keep taking place.
“Institutions like hospitals are soft targets for terrorists,” he said and added that the agents of Indian intelligence RAW and the Taliban could have their men recruited on fake names. “Such recruits and security guards then turn out to be terrorists.”
He also said that private security guards were recruited without proper verification or scrutiny. On the other hand, stringent security measures were adopted at the court after the recent Quetta attack. Inspector General (IG) of Sindh Police AD Khawaja’s vehicle was also stopped and checked, which enraged the chief of police. IG police reprimanded Special Branch and SSU officials.
