KARACHI: Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly, Haleem Adil Sheikh, on Thursday, expressing grief over killing of a minor girl in firing and demanded immediate action against culprits involved in the sad incident.
The 4-year old girl Hermain was hit by a bullet in Shah Latif town area of Malir district previous night and her dead body was in the mortuary for over 12 hours due to non-availability of female Medico-Legal Officer at Jinnah Hospital for post mortem.
Haleem Adil Sheikh reached at Jinnah Hospital, met with members of victim family and expressed grief over the sad incident and sympathy to the bereaved family. He also assured possible assistance for the cause of justice to the victim family. Haleem Adil Sheikh while speaking to media persons at the occasion said that medico-legal facility was not available in district Malir and people living in outskirts had to come to Jinnah Hospital for fulfillment of legal formalities.
He said it was regrettable that the corpse of the deceased child was in mortuary for more than 12 hours and bereaved family members were waiting for the doctor. The same situation was observed there in Nazim Jokhio murder and other several cases of killing and rape, he noted.
Haleem Adil observed that law and order situation in Sindh was out of control and outlaws were at large while the law-abiding citizens were left on the mercy of criminals and influential persons. He said that robber’s regime prevailed in Karachi and street crimes and target killings were a common scene in the metropolis.
“In my constituency robbers barged into a house and after not finding valuable items they molested a girl but victim family did not register the case because of lack of confidence on the police and justice system,” Haleem said adding that a retired army officer who caught a robber on the spot was later martyred by the criminals.
He also pointed out SHO-MLO nexus as an obstacle in dispensation of justice to people in Sindh and said that when someone was assaulted or killed by an influential culprit police neither issue letter nor register the case while postmortem and medical examinations were also denied or delayed. “Fake medical reports are issued against the bribe and even labs turn alcohol into honey here,” he noted.
Doctors’ felony has started in Karahi after terrorism and police transgressions, Haleem Adil Sheikh said and insisted on CM Murad Ali Shah and chief secretary Sindh to end their indifference to the alarming situation and serious issues being faced by general public in the province and take remedial measures at the earliest.
