Karachi (TDI): Two Chinese nationals were injured on Monday after being shot by a security guard, the police said.
According to Kemari Senior Superintendent of Police Faizan Ali, one of the Chinese is critically injured and is being treated at the Liaquat National Hospital.
The Sindh Home Department had called the incident a “clash between the foreigners and security guards at a police station in Karachi’s Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE) A area.”
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Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar directed the authorities to arrest the security guard involved in the incident.
Lanjar instructed the Deputy Inspector General of District South to ascertain the facts of the incident along with a comprehensive inquiry.
“Inform me about the inquiry report and police action in the next 24 hours,” he added.
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The home minister further said that the companies providing security to Chinese nationals and other foreigners must be audited and the report be sent for review.
He also asserted that a physical and mental fitness test should be conducted for the guards providing security to the foreigners.
Lanjar also ordered a crackdown on unregistered security companies.
