Control Karachi violence in 15 days: Supreme Court

Political parties should expel all members involved in terrorist activities, Court says.


Web Desk March 22, 2013
File photo of Rangers in Karachi. PHOTO: EXPRESS/ FILE

KARACHI: The Supreme Court while hearing the Karachi law and order case on Friday gave security officials 15 days to control violence in the city, Express News reported. The court has allowed one month’s time for a new report on target killings.

While citing a report on the number of terrorists arrested, the Supreme Court said that most of those caught were found to be associated with different political parties. The court said that parties should expel all such members who are involved in terrorist activities.

In a move which left many with their eyes wide in disbelief, the acting IG of the Sindh police had handed over the Supreme Court a list of 224 suspects involved in target killings and other heinous crimes – with their political affiliations during a hearing for the case on Thursday.

Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court had asked for a strategy to be compiled to close all no-go areas across the city.

During the hearing at the Karachi registry of the Supreme Court, Inspector General (IG) of Sindh Police Shahid Nadeem Baloch and Director General of Sindh Rangers, Major General Rizwan Akhtar were asked to formulate the strategy related to the immediate closure of all no-go areas. They also received orders to supervise the operation of no-go areas starting from tomorrow.

An additional report was also ordered on all target killings that took place in the violence-ridden area of Lyari.

The five-member larger bench, headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, raked the top brass from the Sindh police and Rangers over the coals for their failure to wipe out the no-go areas in the city. Other members of the bench were Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Justice Amir Hani Muslim and Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan.

The case stems from the suo motu proceedings initiated by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in August 2011 as the city went through one of its bloodiest summers.

COMMENTS (16)

Raja Islam | 10 years ago | Reply

@Karachiites: Unfortunately we are the biggest supporters of criminals, ethnicity and sectarianism. Given that we are getting what we deserve.

Raja Islam | 10 years ago | Reply

@confused: Really! Everyone knows who are the mafia and control the criminals in Karachi. Get rid of those people and everything will be fine.

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