A major security lapse has been reported on the Sukkur-Multan (M-5) Motorway in Sindh, where modern surveillance infrastructure has been stolen across a 200-kilometre stretch.
Speed cameras, surveillance systems, solar panels, lights and even poles have been removed by dacoits from the section between Sukkur and Rahim Yar Khan, raising serious concerns about mismanagement on the route.
According to media reports, the worst-affected area is near the Jahan Khan forest in Ghotki district. Reports indicate that not only have camera poles and solar units been uprooted, but even the roofs of police security posts have gone missing.
Additionally, lights and reflectors along the motorway have disappeared, while streetlights at service areas remain non-functional. Nearly 90% of newly installed solar reflectors have also been damaged, leaving the highway increasingly unsafe for travellers.
Meanwhile, Sindh Inspector General of Police, Javed Alam Odho, claims that the situation in Karachi is much better than in New York and London.
He stated that since January, ‘Operation Nijat Mehran’ has been intensified in the Katcha riverine areas, resulting in 32 robbers being killed, more than 100 arrested, and 225 surrendering. He added that the area has been cleared of criminals, allowing people to travel there with their families without fear.
Addressing industrialists at the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry in Karachi, he further said that efforts are being made to improve law and order. Over the past three months, street crime in the city has decreased by 35 per cent, while vehicle snatching has dropped by 48 per cent.
He also stated that during the past year, 16,500 mobile phones were snatched in Karachi, compared to 84,000 incidents in London. Additionally, there has been an 88 per cent decrease in murders committed during armed snatching, which he claims demonstrates that the law and order situation in Karachi is better than in London and New York.
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