KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers Sindh Director General Maj Gen Muhammad Saeed on Thursday urged the business and industrial community to immediately inform them about any extortion threat as soon as they received.
“We will arrest the culprits and provide security to the complainant at their business premises and homes. If you don’t complain, we will not be able to help you,” he said.
Speaking at a meeting during his visit to the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday, DG Rangers said: “With a small force of just 11,000 troops, we simply cannot make deployments outside every single shop, but we will make sure that anyone receiving extortion threat gets immediate security.”
Former KCCI president Siraj Kassam Teli, Haroon Farooki, KCCI president Muffasar Atta Malik, senior vice president Abdul Basit Abdul Razzak, vice president Rehan Hanif, AQ Khalil, Shamim Ahmed Firpo, Mansoor Ahmed Kadwani, Majeed Memon and others were also present at the meeting.
Referring to recent hand grenade attack at Kharadar cloth market, the DG said that nobody had lodged any complaint about receiving threats from a particular gang which resulted in the attack. “The victims at Kharadar cloth market never complained about the threats given on phone, which were disclosed later after the attack,” he added.
He pointed out that 104 troops have been martyred and hundreds were injured since September 2013 to protect the lives and properties of the people. “Nobody acknowledges these sacrifices, but a single failure, results in huge criticism towards Rangers officers who are striving hard to maintain peace and stability in all over Karachi,” he added.
He said that everyone had to play their due role in dealing with issues and problems in society. “Unfortunately, this is not happening. Nobody is playing any role for the ‘collective good’ which is constantly being ignored. This is one of the major social weaknesses. We have to deal with it by contributing towards collective good. Whereas, the differences of opinion amongst everyone must also be sorted out and bipartisan practices need to be encouraged, besides dealing with low tolerance,” he said.
Published in Daily Times, January 26th 2018.
