KARACHI: Sindh Rangers and Police have arrested dozens of suspects in joint search operation in Manghopir and Pakhtoonabad areas of the metropolis on Monday.
Different kinds of weapons have been recovered from their possession.
The deployment of Sindh Rangers in Karachi was requisitioned under Article 147 of the Constitution, and under Clause 1 of Sub-section 3 of Section 4 of Anti-Terrorism Act 1997, which authorised to prevent the commission of terrorist acts, or scheduled offences in notified area for the punishment of terrorist in accordance with the provision of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.
Rangers were called in 1989 to assist the police in Karachi by the then PPP-led government amid a deteriorating law and order situation, the Rangers started enjoying more powers in 2009 again extended by PPP-led governments both in the centre and the province, which allowed the force to search houses and arrest suspects without warrants.
