Residents gather in front of a damaged building after a bomb blast in a residential area in Karachi. PHOTO: REUTERS
Hearings in the case started on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, with Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry kicking off proceedings.
Around 50 people were killed and over 150 sustained injuries in a blast near Shia-dominated residential apartments in Karachi’s Abbas Town on March 3.
The larger bench will comprise Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Justice Amir Hani Muslim and Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, and will be headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry.
The bench will begin hearing the case on March 8 in Karachi.
Earlier, Sindh Inspector General Fayyaz Leghari was sent packing on the charge of criminal negligence in providing protection to the residents of Abbas Town.
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Hope to expect some result bearing suo mo tu
Fayyaz Leghari will be given more lucrative position for becoming escape goat, in the next PPP government. One good quality of this PPP government is that they never forget ones who scarifies to save face of this government.
@Omer: "What difference will it make?" . Well, there would be more Melords to be ignored
What difference will it make?