The Inspector General of Police in Sindh has issued a directive prohibiting on-duty police officers from using their smartphones.
IG Memon’s order indicates that law enforcement officers are frequently observed utilizing their iPhones while on duty.
KARACHI: On Wednesday, Inspector General (IG) Sindh Ghulam Nabi Memon issued an order prohibiting usage of smartphones by law enforcement officers who are on duty.
The Memon’s office directive noted that police officers were frequently observed using smartphones while on duty and ordered all police staff to refrain from doing so.
The rule specified that employees who are assigned to field security tasks in particular are not allowed to use mobile phones while doing their jobs.
Copies of the order have been forwarded to every extra IG, DIG, SSP, and DIG headquarters posted in the province with the appropriate authority’s consent.
The development occurs only a few days after terrorists stormed the Karachi Police Office while carrying automatic guns and grenades and wearing suicide vests (KPO).
Five individuals were martyred during the terrorist attack, including three police officers and a member of the Rangers.
After the attack at dusk, a three-hour-long gun war broke out as security personnel searched the building floor by floor for the attackers.
According to a government spokeswoman, the forces retook the building after killing the three insurgents.
The attack, which came a few weeks after a suicide bomber killed at least 61 people—mostly policemen—during prayers at a mosque in Peshawar, reignited concerns about the possibility of another wave of terrorism in the nation, which had been put an end to in recent years by successful military operations.
A five-person committee was established to look into the terrorist attack on the KPO and identify the assailants’ facilitators. The group was headed by a deputy inspector general of the Counter-Terrorism Directorate (CTD).
