Pillion riding banned during night hours

The patrolling of law enforcing agencies will be boosted and pillion riding will be banned during night hours in sensitive areas of the metropolis in the wake of growing cases of targeted killings.
-- LEAs to enhance patrolling in sensitive areas of Karachi
The decision was taken at a meeting presided by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and attended by Interior Minister Rehman Malik, the IGP Sindh Police Babar Khattak, CCPO Karachi Fayyaz Leghari and other high ups of the police and law enforcement agencies.
According to a spokesman of CM House, the meeting held at CM house here Sunday also decided to strictly take action against anti-social elements and that monitoring will further be broadened to keep a vigil on criminals and curb lawlessness.
Moreover, it was also decided to effectively monitor the situation through aerial monitoring with the help of the helicopters and commando action will also be taken in various sensitive areas of the port city.
It was also decided to take action against people using stolen or robbed mobile telephones as it has also been established that the criminal elements use stolen mobile phones to accomplish their nefarious designs.
The meeting also warned the stockists of mobile phones to fulfil their responsibility and honour their commitments to discourage the use of stolen phones by criminal elements.
The police and rangers have also been directed to check the NICs of the people during night hours while a strict vigil will also be taken at the airports to check the movement of those involved in cases of crime and the FIA was also directed to fulfill its obligations.
The meeting observed that a well conspiracy was being hatched to create hatred among the political parties in the metropolis and vowed to expose those elements.
The Sindh Chief Minister and Interior Minister were of the opinion that the criminals will be dealt with iron hand and no one will be allowed to disrupt peaceful environment of the city.
The CM Qaim Ali Shah said that President Asif Ali Zardari has issued strict directives to promote inter-provincial harmony and brotherhood and restore peace in the economic hub city of the country.
On the occasion, Interior Minister Rehman Malik praised the efforts of provincial home department and hoped that those forces indulged in creating misunderstanding among the coalition parties will not succeed in their designs.
The Minister also thanked the MQM Chief Altaf Hussain and ANP chief Asfandyar Wali for their wholehearted co-operation to bring peace in the city.