Sindh to transfer 51 convicts to other provinces, says Qaim
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Karachi Sindh to transfer 51 convicts to other provinces, says Qaim CM orders installation of mobile phone jammers at Central and Landhi jails within a month to stop inmates from running criminal networks our correspondentWednesday, January 08, 2014
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Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has directed the home department to move 51 convicted criminals currently in prisons across the province to jails in other provinces.
The decision was made considering reports of prisoners being involved in criminal activities outside the jails via modern communication devices.
Shah issued the directives while chairing a meeting at the CM House on Tuesday. The participants of the meeting discussed the law and order situation of the province, the ongoing operation against criminals in Karachi and the possibility of seeking the support of the federal government in restoring peace in the backdrop of the recently promulgated Pakistan Protection Ordinance (PPO) to counter the wave of terrorism across the country.
Action against 500 UTPs
The CM issued directives for shifting to prisons outside Karachi those under-trial prisoners against whom terrorism and other criminal cases were being heard in trial courts.
The UTPs would be shifted to jails in other cities of the province and their court cases would also be transferred to trial courts in the cities they are moved to.
Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Home Mumtaz Ali Shah informed the CM that due disciplinary and punitive action was being taken against some 500 convicted criminals and UTPs in the two main prisons of Karachi for their reported involvement in criminal activities outside the province.
Mobile jammers
The CM directed the inspector general of Sindh Prisons to ensure installation of mobile phone jammers at Karachi Central Jail and Landhi Jail within a month for which the government has already disbursed Rs88 million to the authorities concerned.
Shah directed the officials of the home department and prisons to take corrective measures on emergency basis to reverse the trend of usage of various modern means of communication, including mobile phones, which are being widely used by convicts in various jails for contacting their respective gangs outside the prisons.
He ordered forming a committee chaired by ACS Mumtaz Ali Shah to recommend a legal and prosecution mechanism and to maintain liaison with the judiciary so that cases of accused could be decided within a week by the anti-terrorism courts.
The CM directed the Sindh inspector general of police to take punitive action against police investigators who reportedly submitted defective or ineffective charge-sheets in trial courts, resulting in the release of the accused without an indictment.
Special trial courts
The ACS informed the participants of the meeting that the federal government had expressed its desire to support and cooperate with the provincial government for setting up special trial courts, as envisioned in the newly promulgated PPO, for prosecuting the accused.
The federal government authorities have inquired from their counterparts in the Sindh government about the number of special trial courts to be established in the province, their locations, proper security and safety arrangements for securing the lives of judges to be posted in these courts, prosecution staff related to these courts and witnesses who would provide testimony against the accused.
The CM expressed his consent on behalf of the provincial government to lend the required cooperation to the federal government for due implementation of the PPO.
He, however, said certain legal issues had to be mutually resolved with the federal authorities, since at present the function of prosecution against the accused was the sole obligation of the provincial government.
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