LEAs failed miserably to control street crimes, maintain peace in Karachi: Muhammad Idrees.

KARACHI -- President Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Muhammad Idrees, while expressing deep concerns over rising lawlessness and street crimes in every single area of Karachi, strongly slammed the Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) who have failed miserably to control the situation and maintain peace in Karachi where citizens were fearlessly being looted and killed upon slight resistance even in broad daylight and at densely crowded places. 'The Karachi Chamber has been constantly highlighting this serious issue from time to time, but the high-ups at LEAs remain silent and it appears that they are least bothered to provide any relief in terms of safety and security to the perturbed citizens and the business community', he said, adding that it was really unfortunate that all the energies, alertness and efficiencies are exhibited by LEAs only when they are deployed on providing security to any VIP whereas ensuring a secure environment for hundreds and thousands of common citizens of Karachi was nowhere in their priority list. 'Keeping in view the capabilities of Additional IG Javed Alam Odho, the Business Community has high expectations from him hence, he must take concrete steps and deliver at any cost', he stressed, adding that He also stressed there was a need to depoliticize police and introduce a mechanism of punishment and reward wherein the poor performing officers should be suspended for a period of at least six months while the hardworking ones must be promoted.

Muhammad Idrees mentioned that due to shrinking business and industrial activities caused mainly by the rising cost of doing business and the stubbornly high inflation, poverty and employment has risen sharply in the society where the unemployed youth, after failing to find adequate jobs, were landing up in the world of crime that has led to raising the bars of numerous criminal activities all over Karachi. 'In order to efficiently deal with the alarming situation, the government, in addition to issuing directives to LEAs to strictly control crime, must also seriously look into the root causes of rising lawlessness. Therefore, the government should take steps to bring down the inflation and high cost of doing business which, in...