HRCP concerned at increasing mob violence.

LAHORE -- Expressing its concern at the growing mob violence in the country, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Sunday urged the federal as well as provincial governments to take special measures and ensure these that incidents do not occur again.

In a post on its Twitter account, the human rights watchdog said: 'HRCP is perturbed by the seeming rise in mob-led violence, with a suspected robber recently beaten by a crowd in Karachi and then shot dead.

'While this is symptomatic of the increasing brutalisation of society and easy availability of firearms, it is also underpinned by spiraling poverty and people's disillusionment with the rule of law.'

The HRCP statement added that the federal and provincial governments and police should take special measures, including strategic deployment of trained personnel, to control such incidents in the future.

It may be mentioned that a suspected robber had...