KARACHI: The Karachi Police have warned the residents in opposition to utilizing firearms for celebratory firing on the eve of New 12 months, saying a case of tried homicide could be lodged in opposition to the order’s violators.
Police mentioned bulletins have been being made by way of varied mosques within the megalopolis, apprising the plenty in regards to the measures being taken in opposition to aerial firing on New 12 months.
On this regard, Sindh Inspector Normal Ghulam Nabi Memon mentioned that patrolling, picketing and snap checking could be carried out on roads, streets and public locations. Then again, a case of tried homicide could be registered in opposition to those that opened fireplace on New 12 months’s Eve.
Sadly, yearly on the eve of New 12 months, scores of individuals get injured and even killed in celebratory firing regardless of the authorities’ taking completely different measures.
A day in the past, Karachi’s West Zone Police mentioned they have been gathering licensed weapons owned by residents of their jurisdiction to cease celebratory gunfire on the beginning of New 12 months, The Information reported.
“If anybody who has not submitted their firearms to the police is discovered concerned in firing within the air, motion will probably be taken in opposition to them,” warned police.
West Zone Deputy Inspector Normal of Police Irfan Ali Baloch mentioned the police fashioned a brand new plan in West Zone that was by no means carried out prior to now to cease celebratory gunfire on the beginning of New 12 months.
Beneath the technique, all of the police stations in Karachi’s Central and West districts have been ordered to gather the licenced weapons of residents.
In line with DIG Baloch, residents in 31 police stations of West Zone had submitted 314 weapons by Monday night time, together with 299 pistols, 4 revolvers, three shotguns and eight rifles.
He mentioned the marketing campaign to gather weapons would proceed until late Tuesday night time. He defined that the utmost variety of weapons was 44 that have been collected by the New Karachi Industrial Space police.
Safety could be on excessive alert throughout the metropolis on the New 12 months’s Eve amid imposition of Part 144 with an entire ban on arms, aerial firing and use of fireside crackers for a interval of two days.
In the meantime, Karachi Site visitors Police on Monday introduced a plan envisaged to facilitate residents forward of New 12 months’s Eve as a number of roads resulting in Sea View could be closed on the night time between December 31 and January 1, 2025.
The site visitors police requested Defence Housing Authority (DHA) residents to decide on different routes to achieve their locations as folks would head in direction of amusement locations together with Clifton, Bagh Ibn-e-Qasim, and Sea View for the celebrations of the New 12 months.
Subsequently, residents of areas with different routes would be capable of present their authentic identification playing cards to keep away from any inconvenience whereas travelling to their locations.