Top military generals Monday expressed concerns over the law and order situation in the port city of Karachi and its ramifications and implications on the country's economy.
The Corps Commanders' Conference, held at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi with Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in the chair, discussed the security situation in the country in general and Karachi in particular, said a statement issued by ISPR.
The statement said that the army commanders expected that the measures recently undertaken by the government would help redress the situation in the city.
According to the statement, the participants of the conference were also briefed in detail regarding the ongoing law enforcement operations against the militants in the tribal regions of Kurram and Mohmand within the perspective of evolving security dynamic.
Local watchers said that it is very rare in Pakistan when army commanders make statements on the country's law and order situation, but the recent wave of killings in Karachi, also the commercial hub of Pakistan, has prompted the army commanders' statement.
In July alone, over 300 people were reportedly killed in Karachi as the result of ethnic and political violence. Nearly 100 vehicles were also torched in different parts of the city over the past few weeks.
To quench the violence in the city, the Pakistani government has taken a series of measures including deployment of additional security forces in the city and making concessions to the demands raised by some of the parties based in Karachi.
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