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| 'Karachi operation police team being replaced gradually' |
| 2014-06-01 |
| [DAWN] KARACHI: The high-profile coppers posted in September 2013 just days after the targeted operation was launched in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... under a federal government plan are being replaced one by one, sparking uncertainty in the police ranks and speculation about the future of the operation, it emerged on Friday. With removal of Karachi police chief AIG Shahid Hayat and the DIG-West following the order of the Supreme Court, rumours about the imminent transfer of the DIG-South and the DIG-East were seen to be creating uncertainty, according to the three senior coppers who spoke to Dawn on Friday on the condition of anonymity. Certain powerful elements who might have faced 'difficulty' in exercising their influence in the presence of Mr Hayat were trying to bring in their 'like-minded' officers, said an officer. Though the officer believed that the chief minister of Sindh was not happy over the emerging development, another police officer said that rumours about the transfer of one DIG were rife partly because his subordinate officer enjoying political patronage did not like his superior. The Rangers director general, leading the operation, was particularly perturbed over the development, said one officer. Referring to the flurry of meetings which the Rangers DG held with the Sindh chief minister, governor, chief secretary and federal interior minister recently, the officer said that the force wanted to at least retain the remaining team of the Karachi operation if Mr Hayat could not be brought back. |
| Posted by:Fred |