Recently my mobile was snatched from Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi. At around 5:30 in the evening I was in my car with speed of 10-15 km/hour on Service Road near Business Avenue building. Mobile snatchers were on pillion riding and were in front of my car. Suddenly they stopped the bike and I also stopped. I thought that they have slowed the speed because of uneven road. But it was not the case, one of the mobile snatcher came to me and pointed pistol towards me and demanded mobile which I quickly gave to him.
Mobile snatching is a common thing in Karachi and daily almost 300 mobile phones are snatched. But the thing which wondered me was that the mobile snatchers were not even worried about the other people as service lane near Business Avenue building is quite a busy road and at the time of catching many people, cars and bikes were present.
I have not lodge an FIR regarding my mobile snatching because I know that nothing will happen. To stop these mobile snatching police and law enforcement agencies must take strict action. Police persons must be deployed in civil dresses and CCTV cameras should be installed on those areas where mobile snatching is done on frequently basis. The biggest reason for mobile snatching and other thefts, Dacoity are the presence of weapons in the city and many of these weapons are without licences and police has failed to control the illegal use, sale and buying of these weapons.