Summary A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice was hearing the Karachi unrest case.
KARACHI (Dunya News) - The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday issued an interim order in Karachi law and order implementation case and ordered custom officials to investigate into 19,000 missing containers.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was hearing the Karachi unrest case at Karachi Registry.
In its interim order, the apex court ordered custom officials to inform how many arms containers were among the 19,000 missing containers.
The SC, in its interim order, also directed the authorities concerned to investigate about weapons coming in the port city through legal ways.
The apex court also ordered DG Rangers and IG Police officials to conduct house-to-house investigation over weapons license.
During the hearing, the Sindh government apprised the court about the covert plan over Karachi operation.
The Supreme Court ordered the officials to present the report during next hearing.
Earlier, the Supreme Court suspended SSP Investigation East, Junaid Shaikh for remaining absent.
Junaid Shaikh was due to appear in the court to present the investigation report on Shera Pathan murder case before the bench.
Shera Pathan was the member of Arshad Pappu gang.
During the proceedings, Attorney General of Pakistan Muneer A Malik informed the court that the federal government has decided to launch a joint operation against arms and drugs within 15 days on which the court expressed satisfaction.
He said the joint operation would be carried out over the reports of custom intelligence and other organizations.
