Sindh Home Minister Zial Hassan Lowner on Monday expressed his displeasure for a petition filed by six Chinese nationals in the High Court against the harassment of police harassment and their movement, stating that the move was “protocol. Against.
So Hui, Deng Huan and four other Chinese citizens have requested the Sindh High Court through their lawyer Pir Rehman Mahasud and requested that they accompanying thousands of other Chinese citizens to fulfill all the required legal customs. After coming to Pakistan and invested a significant amount of it. Money and resources in various business projects and sectors in Pakistan.
The petitioners said that Sindh police have engaged in “repeated harassment” during the last six to seven months, including banning the blasphemous movements of Chinese citizens in Karachi and Sindh, especially when He was also subjected to neutral detention in his residence. An excuse for “security issues” without any clear legal grounds or specific events that guaranteed such measures.
A constitutional bench of the High Court issued notices to the Foreign Ministry and other respondents last week, while the Sindh government on Saturday ordered an investigation into the allegations.
Talking to the media outside the Sindh Assembly today, Lanjar said: “Foreign citizens should follow the Act of Foreigners. Chinese citizens should also follow this procedure. The application filed by Chinese citizens legally Not correct.
He said that Chinese citizens should have approached the matter through their Consul General or Foreign Office, and added that the applicants were in private capacity in Pakistan and they had no foreign investment in the country.
“We have respect and respect for Chinese citizens. We provide them with foolproof security. But when no one follows the SOPS (standard operating procedure), the situation worsens, “he reiterated that the matter should be referred to the Chinese consulate.
“Police officials have met with the Chinese Consul General. I will also meet the Chinese Consul General in this regard so that they can come up with a policy statement.
Meanwhile, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Special Protection Unit (SPU) Dr Mohammad Farooq Ahmed said Don Dot Com That is, after the attack on Chinese citizens on October 6 last year, foreigners coming to the airport were taken to their destinations, residences and projects according to the SOPS.
He said five flights arrive at the airport in a week, which used to carry 20 or 60 Chinese citizens, adding that according to the SOPS, they did not collectively take them to their destination. Gone.
Chinese personnel were also shifted to police squad and jammers in bullet -proof vehicles after three to four hours, DIG Ahmed said.
He said that unlike Chinese officials working on the projects associated with China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), officials of CPEC projects said that after six 12 hours a hiatus according to SOPS. Take them to their places.
He said that the security of non -CPEC Chinese investors is also the responsibility of local investors but some of them did not necessarily provide bullet vehicles for travel, thus the police for their security Such vehicles were arranged because foreigners would not be allowed to leave. In private taxis.
Regarding any complaint about the bribe, the SPU chief said that if such a complaint was received, the concerned policemen were taken to work and they were suspended from the service.
DIG Ahmed said that police have shifted Chinese personnel to Karachi hospitals from Kotri to Karachi hospitals in emergency health cases.
He said there was a complaint against a police officer who threw stones at Chinese citizens when he tried to stop them from free movement after two days of attacks on Chinese in the site area, he said. He said that action was already taken against the individual.
The DIG added that the police officer claimed that foreigners had used “abusive glitch” against it.
DIG Ahmed said that some projects have been sealed in Malir due to violation of the security protocol, adding that he personally visited such projects in Malir and advised foreigners that They should at least extend the limits of the projects.
He added that Chinese citizens working on non -CPEC projects were advised to seriously threaten security concerns by all nationalists and militant groups, but in just a month, work on non -CPEC projects. 41 SOP violations were violated by personnel.
