Situationer: Resorting to ‘encounters’: are Sindh police losing faith in legal system?
Situationer: Resorting to ‘encounters’: are Sindh police losing faith in legal system? Dawn reached out to several top officials for comments, but they declined to go on record. However, in background conversations, they said this was partly due to “frustration with the criminal justice system” and partly to prevent “the entry of criminals from Punjab” into Sindh, particularly Karachi.
- ▪Situationer: Resorting to ‘encounters’: are Sindh police losing faith in legal system?
- ▪Dawn reached out to several top officials for comments, but they declined to go on record.
- ▪However, in background conversations, they said this was partly due to “frustration with the criminal justice system” and partly to prevent “the entry of criminals from Punjab” into Sindh, particularly Karachi.
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| Publication time | Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:32:19 +0500 |
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Situationer: Resorting to ‘encounters’: are Sindh police losing faith in legal system? Imtiaz Ali Published July 26, 2026 Email Your Name*Recipient Email*Cancel 0 A file photo of Sindh police. — AFP/File comments Join our Whatsapp Channel Add Dawn as a trusted source WHILE the killing of suspected criminals in alleged encounters is not a new phenomenon, it is rare in Karachi for arrested suspects to be brought to raids to arrest their accomplices and for them to end up dead “by firing from their own accomplices”.
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