The Sindh government replaced the Karachi Traffic Police Chief (KTP) on Thursday.
A notification of the main secretary of Sindh issued today said that the general inspector of KTP (DIG) Ahmed Nawaz Chema was transferred and ordered to inform the services, Department of General Administration (S&G GAD).
He added that the 20th grade police officer, Syed Pir Muhammad Shah, was appointed Traffic Police chief with immediate effect.
Development occurs after a growing incidence of traffic accidents, mainly involving Dumpers and other heavy vehicles.
Last year there was an alarming increase in traffic accidents in the metropolis, since almost 500 people died, while 4879 were injured for reasons ranging from reckless driving to construction activities, etc.
Police surgeon Dr. Sumaiya Syed said Dawn.com That a total of 497 people, of which 67 were women, were referred to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC), Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Trauma Center at the Karachi Civil Hospital (CHK) and the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (Ash) for post Mortem exams in 2024.
According to the data provided by the police surgeon, a total of 153 men and 21 women were brought to the JPMC, 96 men and 10 women to the CHK and 181 men and 36 women were taken to the ashes for their autopsy.
“A total of 4,879 people injured in traffic accidents were also informed in three important government hospitals in the metropolis last year,” he said, adding that 1,035 of them were women.
Dr. Syed said that some of them could have died during treatment since families did not want post -mortem exams.
The police surgeon said that 2,063 men and 893 females injured in accidents were taken to JPMC, 617 men and 44 women to CHK and 1,164 men and 98 women to ashes to receive treatment.
She said that the number of people murdered in accidents could be higher, since all deaths were not informed to the hospitals medication sections for post -mortem exams.
On the other hand, certain injured people who died during treatment were also not reported to the medical-legal sections for autopsy, partly because families seemed reluctant to do so.
