KARACHI: The new-year celebrations turn tragic several people including children, women’s wounded by stray bullets across Karachi on Thursday night.
According to rescue 1122 Karachi, so far 17 people injured in different areas of the Karachi, the injured were shifted to Jinnah hospital and Abbas Shaheed hospital.
According to the police, 9 people were injured in aerial firing in different areas, while 16 people involved in aerial firing have been arrested.
According to Karachi city police they have arrested 16 individual in different areas, Korangi, Laiqatabbad and west Karachi.
It should be noted that on the occasion of the New Year, the Sindh Home Department had issued a notification banning the exhibition of weapons and aerial firing in Karachi.
The police has enforced strict measures across the city including the establishment of snap cheaqking points and deployment of drone cameras to nabs the criminals.
Meanwhile the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Balochistan, Muhammad Tahir, announced on Tuesday a major escalation in the province’s law enforcement strategy for the coming year, vowing a severe crackdown on criminal networks and a zero-tolerance policy against anti-social elements.
Addressing a year-end performance briefing at the Central Police Office, the IGP stated that the campaign against dangerous gangs, habitual offenders, and organized crime syndicates would be “further tightened” across all districts. He was flanked by DIG Headquarters Hasan Asad Alvi and AIG Operations Naveed Alam.
“We will take effective strategic measures to eliminate organized crime,” IGP Tahir declared, emphasizing that criminals involved in serious offences like street crime, dacoity, robbery, murder, and kidnapping would be brought to justice. He directed supervisory officers in all districts to intensify efforts against drug trafficking, illegal weapons, gender-based crimes, and organized vehicle theft rings in major cities. He stressed the need for expedited investigations and exemplary punishment for convicted criminals.
