SC to resume Karachi law and order implementation case on September 19

Around 150 different petitions, miscellaneous applications and reports are expected to be taken up by the bench.

KARACHI: A larger bench of the Supreme Court will resume the Karachi law and order suo motu implementation proceedings at its Karachi registry on September 19.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will head the five-member bench, which also comprises Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Justice Amir Hani Muslim and Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed.

Around 150 different petitions, miscellaneous applications and reports are fixed and expected to be taken up by the bench over the next three days, according to the roster.

Notices have been issued to the Attorney General of Pakistan, Sindh’s advocate general and prosecutor general, the Election Commission secretary, the director general of National Database and Registration Authority, members of the Sindh High Court’s inspection team-II, the provincial home secretary, chief secretary and the inspector general of police.

Also, the bench may take up application filed by former minister Senator Babar Ghauri, who had denied the allegations regarding arms and ammunition smuggling levelled by the DG Rangers, and pleaded to join the proceedings.