KARACHI: Covid-19 has infected 2,580 policemen; 16 of them have died and 1,604 are under treatment while 960 have recovered. Therefore, the policemen being front-line workers have been given necessary training so that they could perform their duty safely.

This was stated on Saturday in a meeting of the Public Safety and Police Complaints Commission here at CM House under the chairmanship of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah.

The meeting was attended by Adviser on Law Murtaza Wahab, MPAs Sharjeel Memon, Imdad Pitafi, Mohammad Ali Aziz, Husnain Mirza, Shamim Mumtaz, Dr Shajila Leghari, Karamat Ali, Nazim Haji, Barrister Haya Eman, Rubina Brohi, Jhamat Mal, Qurban Malano, Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, Inspector General of Police Mushtaq Mahar and others.

IG Mahar said that the policemen being front-line workers were performing duties selflessly during the ongoing pandemic. He said Covid-19 infected 2,580 policemen, and 16 of them died; 1,604 were under treatment and 960 had recovered.

The public safety commission appreciated the Sindh police for performing duties during the ongoing pandemic.

Secretary of the commission Saifullah Abro told the meeting that the public complaints filed against the police officers had been disposed of by the committees concerned.

The meeting was told that after a complaint filed against a former police officer for exerting pressure to usurp land adjacent to a water park in Sukkur, an FIR was registered and the case was in court.

MPA Mohammad Ali Aziz raised the issue of growing street crime in Karachi.

At this, the chief minister said that in the next meeting the additional inspector general of Karachi would be asked to brief the members on the street crime activities and the measures taken by the police.

The members took up the issue of providing vehicles to the public safety commission officers.

The chief minister said that because of a ban by the Supreme Court, the purchase of vehicles was stopped. “We will purchase vehicles when the court grants permission,” he said.

The members of the commission appreciated the Khairpur police for arresting the suspects involved in immoral activities against children. The members said they hoped a proper investigation would be conducted into the case so that the entire gang could be brought to book.

The chief minister said the next meeting of the commission would be convened in August, adding that meetings of the commission could not be held due to the coronavirus, but now they would be convened on time.

Published in Dawn, July 19th, 2020

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