Fool-proof measures: Special unit to be formed for judges’ protection

Kidnapping of SHC CJ's son has raised safety concerns

KARACHI: Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has ordered the creation of a separate unit to provide foolproof security to members of the judiciary.

He took the decision while presiding over a meeting regarding the security of judicial officers at the CM House on Sunday.

During the meeting, Sindh IG AD Khawaja briefed the CM regarding the efforts to rescue the Sindh High Court chief justice's son Ovais Ali Shah. "We have mobilised all our resources and are working with the intelligence agencies to solve the case," he said. The CM remarked that the kidnapping aimed to demoralise the judiciary. "Our judiciary is strong enough to absorb such shocks but it doesn't mean that we would do nothing about it," he said.



Currently, around 2,670 police personnel have been deployed to provide security to the judiciary, of them, 1,200 officers are assigned to judges of the Supreme Court and high court, informed the IG.

The CM directed the chief secretary and IG to create a separate unit for the security of judges. He directed the IG to hold a meeting with chief justices or their registrars, and seek guidance from them for their security. "In the light of their guidance, frame a detailed mechanism, share it with the judges and then implement it," he said. The CM also reviewed progress of the Amajd Sabri murder case.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 18^th, 2016.