The murder of a Saudi diplomat in Karachi, just two days after an attack on its consulate offices in Karachi’s DHA, reflects poorly on the law enforcement agencies, such as police, rangers and the provincial home department. While the Karachi police was busy providing security to the ministers, and MPAs going from their well protected residences in Phase 5 of DHA, to attend the Sindh Provincial Assembly, that was preparing to pass yet another resolution against the judiciary, it failed to provide security to the Saudi Consulate, in spite of the evident security threat to it.
Perhaps it is time that Sindh government appoint a Home Minister and the PA focuses its attention to securing lives and properties of citizens of the provincial metropolis and legislation to tax the rich, instead of wasting their energies on useless pursuits. This city has had more than 30,000 of its citizens falling victim to target killings, ransom and violence both ethnic, sectarian and gang wars or battle for turf. This is a failure of the provincial political government which is responsible for law enforcement and writ of law. The law and order problem in Karachi is worse than any other settled part of Pakistan, or even FATA.
RAHAT SIDDIQI
Karachi
