ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad has called upon Prime Minister Imran Khan and submitted a report on the security situation in the Sindh province on Wednesday.
During the meeting Sheikh Rasheed also apprised him about his visit to Karachi, PM Office Media Wing in a press release said. Sheikh Rasheed also informed the prime minister about his recent visit to Kuwait and said the issuance of Kuwaiti visas to Pakistanis after a gap of 10 years was a big diplomatic success.
The prime minister felicitated the minister on his successful visit to Kuwait and expressed gratitude to the Kuwaiti leadership and the government over the resolution of the issue of visas.
Earlier, after meeting law enforcement agencies (LEAs) in Islamabad Prime Minister Imran Khan had directed Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed to visit Karachi and devise a strategy with the provincial authorities over the law and order situation in Sindh.
On a social media website Twitter, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry revealed that the interior minister would present a report to the premier on his return.
“The dignitaries conveyed to the prime minister their serious concern over Sindh s administrative mismanagement and especially law and order situation and rising crime,” he added.
The minister said that PM Imran while taking notice of the information, directed Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed to visit Sindh and work out a strategy on the situation with law enforcement agencies.
He said that PM Imran had a detailed discussion over the current law and order situation of Sindh with Governor Sindh Imran Ismail and Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives Asad Umar.
The ministers’ concerns come days after at least four people, including two policemen, were killed in an anti-bandit operation in Shikarpur. Earlier, Shikarpur police claimed to have apprehended a tribal chief along with his two sons in Karachi on charges of patronizing bandits in the kutcha area of the Shikarpur district.
