Re: Election 2013
I accept that only these parties are being targeted. But what have they done over last few years to avoid that? What was Rehman Malik awarded PhD for?
They were all in government over the last 5 years and have done nothing to improve situation, specially in Karachi. Look again at talk shows from two years ago and you’ll see they were doing nothing but blaming each others’ militant wings for worsening law and order situation in the city. When you use political influence over security apparatus for your own illegal benefits and objectives, how can you expect them to defend you when needed? Why expect police to do policing while they have been busy providing safe cover over the unlawful activities of these parties?
What do you expect when the Chief Minister of a Province says, “one or two target killings in a big city like Karachi was not an issue … situation in Karachi is not as bad as portrayed by the media”
The security personnel are not able to curb financing activities of terrorist groups since they have never been expected to do so while the parties in the government have been doing the same things (extortion and robberies) for decades. Even with the highly politicized and corrupt police function, there simply aren’t enough personnel around.
… In Karachi, there is a single policeman for the protection of the lives, property and legitimate interests of 571 people, said a source close to the study, highlighting the handicaps of the force.
If we go through the statistics of other mega-cities in the region, Karachi has the worst police-population ratio in the region, and even within the country.
In Lahore, he said a 30,946-strong sanctioned force was serving across the city, which suggested that a policeman looked after the lives and interests of 287 people, almost half the number assigned to a policeman in Karachi…