The chairperson of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H) has kept a low political profile since his recent release from jail, but will be stepping it up a notch on Thursday morning by filing a contempt of court application to the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Party sources said that the contempt application will be in context of the order issued by the Supreme Court after it took suo motu notice of the law and order situation in Karachi. Ahmed’s application deals with no-go areas, which the Supreme Court bench had ordered the Sindh government to eliminate. The apex court recently ordered the Director General of the Rangers in Sindh to end no-go areas.
Ahmed is expected to arrive at the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s Karachi registry with a considerable security presence. Ahmed is reportedly travelling in an armoured personnel carrier provided by the Sindh Police given the threat to his life.
The contents of the contempt application will be released to the media after it is submitted in the Karachi registry on Thursday.
In its judgment on October 6, 2011, the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s five-member bench stated: “We direct that there must be no ‘NO GO AREAS’ at all in Karachi. If any is found or credibly reported to the Court the Police and, if required by the Provincial Government, the Rangers shall take strong and decisive action to eliminate it. Moreover, if such an area is proved to exist to the satisfaction of the Court, we may require the IGP himself, and if necessary the DG Rangers also, to personally lead the operation into such areas.”
Published in The Express Tribune, January 5th, 2012.
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