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By Imtiaz Ali
Updated Jul 17, 2014 11:30am
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KARACHI: Police authorities have identified more than 200 policemen living in Orangi Town under serious life threat mostly by the banned militant outfits and finally decided to shift their residences from the neighbourhood to other parts of Karachi, the city police chief disclosed it on Wednesday.
Nearly a dozen policemen have been killed in Orangi Town by militants in recent weeks, according to the area police.
“We have conducted a survey that revealed 223 policemen have been living in the most sensitive areas of Orangi Town and whose life was under threat by the militants,” added Additional Inspector General of Police Ghulam Qadir Thebo.
He said it was then decided that the residences of these policemen be shifted to other areas.
The officer was talking to the media at a ceremony held at a hotel to launch a driving institute project by the National Highway and Motorway Police.
Besides providing accommodation to the policemen in other parts of the city, armoured personnel carriers would be provided to the police in Orangi Town, it was decided.
Mr Thebo said clear instructions had also been issued that more than two policemen be deployed at any spot.
He believed that the Tuesday night murder of a police constable in Sharafi Goth was a reaction to the killing of five suspected militants in Gulshan-i-Buner.The additional IG said that there was a serious security threat on Yaum-i-Ali and the last 10 days of Ramazan in the wake of army operation in North Waziristan. Therefore, he added, it was decided that 16,000 policemen would be deployed in three zones of the police.
Driving school
Earlier, speaking at the inauguration ceremony of Road Safety Institute & Driving School, NH&MP IG Zulfiqar Ahmed Cheema said that more than 12,000 people lost their life and over 50,000 others were injured, many of them become disabled, in road accidents annually in the country.
“Surveys showed that a major factor behind tragic accidents was driving,” said IG Cheema, adding that poor infrastructure and vehicles with mechanical faults were contributory factors.
He was of the opinion that the drivers had licences though they were not “qualified” to drive safe.
In the situation, the motorway police decided to set up standardised institue in Karachi for training of drivers.
The institute is likely to be constructed on three acres, off the Superhighway, within the next four months at the estimated cost of Rs30 million.
Highlighting salient features of the proposed school, IG Cheema said it would be well equipped institute where training for heavy vehicles driving would be given, as the existing institute mostly provide train car drivers. Besides, he said, professionals would also give training to master trainers for other districts.
He also announced that the NH&MP would start issuing driving licences when the institute project would be completed in Karachi.
He added that they had already started this practice in Islamabad for which they were getting positive response even from diplomats as their driving licence would be of international standard that entailed comprehensive driving test. “Now the motorway police will issue driving licence in Karachi,” declared IG Cheema.
He expressed the hope that there would be only one institute, which would issue driving licences, having complete database of drivers in the country.
aIn reply to a question, IG Cheema said they had decided to conduct patrolling on highways during the last 10 days of Ramazan to control highway robberies, kidnapping and other crimes.
The IG appreciated the Fleet Operators Association of Pakistan for providing financial assistance for setting up the institute.
Published in Dawn, July 17th, 2014
Updated Jul 17, 2014 11:30am
- File photo
KARACHI: Police authorities have identified more than 200 policemen living in Orangi Town under serious life threat mostly by the banned militant outfits and finally decided to shift their residences from the neighbourhood to other parts of Karachi, the city police chief disclosed it on Wednesday.
Nearly a dozen policemen have been killed in Orangi Town by militants in recent weeks, according to the area police.
“We have conducted a survey that revealed 223 policemen have been living in the most sensitive areas of Orangi Town and whose life was under threat by the militants,” added Additional Inspector General of Police Ghulam Qadir Thebo.
He said it was then decided that the residences of these policemen be shifted to other areas.
The officer was talking to the media at a ceremony held at a hotel to launch a driving institute project by the National Highway and Motorway Police.
Besides providing accommodation to the policemen in other parts of the city, armoured personnel carriers would be provided to the police in Orangi Town, it was decided.
Mr Thebo said clear instructions had also been issued that more than two policemen be deployed at any spot.
He believed that the Tuesday night murder of a police constable in Sharafi Goth was a reaction to the killing of five suspected militants in Gulshan-i-Buner.The additional IG said that there was a serious security threat on Yaum-i-Ali and the last 10 days of Ramazan in the wake of army operation in North Waziristan. Therefore, he added, it was decided that 16,000 policemen would be deployed in three zones of the police.
Driving school
Earlier, speaking at the inauguration ceremony of Road Safety Institute & Driving School, NH&MP IG Zulfiqar Ahmed Cheema said that more than 12,000 people lost their life and over 50,000 others were injured, many of them become disabled, in road accidents annually in the country.
“Surveys showed that a major factor behind tragic accidents was driving,” said IG Cheema, adding that poor infrastructure and vehicles with mechanical faults were contributory factors.
He was of the opinion that the drivers had licences though they were not “qualified” to drive safe.
In the situation, the motorway police decided to set up standardised institue in Karachi for training of drivers.
The institute is likely to be constructed on three acres, off the Superhighway, within the next four months at the estimated cost of Rs30 million.
Highlighting salient features of the proposed school, IG Cheema said it would be well equipped institute where training for heavy vehicles driving would be given, as the existing institute mostly provide train car drivers. Besides, he said, professionals would also give training to master trainers for other districts.
He also announced that the NH&MP would start issuing driving licences when the institute project would be completed in Karachi.
He added that they had already started this practice in Islamabad for which they were getting positive response even from diplomats as their driving licence would be of international standard that entailed comprehensive driving test. “Now the motorway police will issue driving licence in Karachi,” declared IG Cheema.
He expressed the hope that there would be only one institute, which would issue driving licences, having complete database of drivers in the country.
aIn reply to a question, IG Cheema said they had decided to conduct patrolling on highways during the last 10 days of Ramazan to control highway robberies, kidnapping and other crimes.
The IG appreciated the Fleet Operators Association of Pakistan for providing financial assistance for setting up the institute.
Published in Dawn, July 17th, 2014
