In order to discourage mobile phone snatching in Karachi, the Karachi Electronic Dealers Association (KEDA) have decided to ban any non-Karachiite from selling mobile device in the city. Only people with Karachi addresses on their CNICs will be able to resell mobile phones at the city’s electronics market
KEDA President Mohammad Rizwan Irfan said the decision has been taken in response to a sharp increase in local mobile phone snatching incidents.
“The new SOPs have been devised in consultation with the police and the CPLC in order to control the rising cases of mobile theft,” said Rizwan, adding that 100-120 million mobile phones have been seized since 2016.
Talking to a local news publication, Chairman KEDA’s Law & Order Committee Hamza Memon said, “From now on, no shopkeeper will buy a mobile phone without a copy of the identity card.”
“Over one million stolen mobile phones have been handed over to the authorities in the past three years by shop owners,” he added.
