Karachi law and order case: SC resumes hearing

Karachi law and order case: SC resumes hearing
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Summary A larger bench of the Supreme Court resumed hearing of the Karachi law and order case.

 

A five-member larger bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, resumed hearing of the Abbas Town bombing suo moto notice today.

 

Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif, Justice Amir Hani Muslim and Justice Ejaz Afzal are the other members of the larger bench.

 

In the wake of previous hearing, the Sindh government had removed IG Sindh Fayyaz Laghari and DIG East Karachi Aleem Jaffery from their posts and their services were handed over to the federal government.

 

Additional IG Police (CID) Ghulam Shabbir Shaikh has been given additional charge of IGP Sindh while DIG Admin Imran Yaqoob gets additional charge of DIG East.