Special arms licenses may be given to Karachi businessmen!

KARACHI: Accepting that law and order situation in the Metropolis was not in an ideal state Sindh Home Minister Suhail Anwar Khan Siyal said that he would talk to the CM apropos proposal that suggests special permission for arms licenses to businessmen.

The Sindh home minister on Wednesday pledged to take measures for the security of the business community that would include a special permission for issuing arms licenses to its members despite a ban.

He was speaking to the members of  KCCI here yesterday (on Wednesday 13th of December).

Home Minister observed that there was an immense need to equip and train police officers and make them capable enough to efficeintlyand promplty deal with different types of crimes. 

Minister claimed that there had been a gradual improvement in every segment of  the law and order scenario: “You would have witnessed the recent increase in street crime but the fact is, which can be counterchecked through the CPLC data, it has been on the decline if we compare it to the past few years.

“I endorse concerns of the business community, and to address those I would talk to the chief minister with a proposal that suggests special permission for arms licenses to businessmen.

“We have already launched police reforms…In line with the same initiative, we have been recruiting policemen on merit, and for capacity building the law enforcement agency has been equipped with hundreds of new mobile vans and hi-tech weapons.

“Similarly, work is already under way on the Safe City project that would enhance the city’s video surveillance manifold and make policing more effective.”

Siyal said  that strategies should be devised to improve the policing system in the port city at par with world’s major cities.

 

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.