Sindh bans display of weapons

KARACHI: The Sindh Home Department has issued a ban on display of weapons in the city in view of its volatile security situation.

In a notification issued by the home department on Thursday a ban was imposed on seven different things including display of weapons.

The notification added that security guards should not wear civil clothes or clothes resembling uniforms of law enforcing agencies.

Private vehicles bearing resemblance to police mobiles have been banned, the notification added.

Action will be taken against private vehicles which have police lights, police sirens, tinted window glass, fancy number plates or blue lights.

Those found violating the ban will be dealt under section 188 of the law.

The ban came a day after Sindh Police Chief Allah Dino Khawaja encouraged citizens to use licensed weapons for their protection. In a press conference on Wednesday which was criticized in many circles, he encouraged citizens to use their licensed weapons for self-defence against criminals and robbers, instead of keeping them for mere decoration and showoff.         

"If a citizen owns a licensed weapon then that means they have the legal right to use it for self-defence," the police chief said.