Suo motu case: Monitoring committee holds first meeting
The meeting was presided over by the chief justice of the Sindh High Court.
KARACHI:
A monitoring committee that was formed in the light of the suo motu proceedings on killings in Karachi, held its first meeting at the Sindh High Court on Tuesday.
It was formed on the orders of the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
The committee decided that it would meet on the first Tuesday of every month. The meeting was presided over by the chief justice of the Sindh High Court. The chief secretary, inspector general of police and chiefs from the Frontier Constabulary were present.
No details of the meeting were available as all of the officials who attended avoided speaking to the media.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had taken suo motu notice on the appeal of Allama Tahirul Qadri, the head of the Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran, in a bid to improve law and order conditions in the metropolis, which had witnessed one of its most violent summers when at least 1,000 people were murdered in drive-by shootings.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 21st, 2011.
A monitoring committee that was formed in the light of the suo motu proceedings on killings in Karachi, held its first meeting at the Sindh High Court on Tuesday.
It was formed on the orders of the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
The committee decided that it would meet on the first Tuesday of every month. The meeting was presided over by the chief justice of the Sindh High Court. The chief secretary, inspector general of police and chiefs from the Frontier Constabulary were present.
No details of the meeting were available as all of the officials who attended avoided speaking to the media.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had taken suo motu notice on the appeal of Allama Tahirul Qadri, the head of the Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran, in a bid to improve law and order conditions in the metropolis, which had witnessed one of its most violent summers when at least 1,000 people were murdered in drive-by shootings.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 21st, 2011.