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Summary The CJP questioned the Sindh advocate general why the killers of 306 people were not arrested.
The five-member Supreme Court bench heard suo moto case on Karachi target killing in Karachi registry of Supreme Court on Tuesday.Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said that the city was bleeding but nothing was done to stop the killings. During the hearing, the CJP questioned Sindh Advocate General Abdul Fatah Malik why the killers of 306 people were not arrested.The court said that many people were frowning at the bench formed by the Supreme Court to hear the Karachi killing case. The advocate general requested the court to give him 15 minutes at the end of the hearing to clarify his position.The CJP said that the court wanted to hear from him a lot and ample time would be given to him, adding that the advocate general was hiding many details.The advocate general said that he is unable to show the footage in the court due to the objectionable content. He went on to add that the footage of torture cell could be shown in the chamber. The CJP asked from him whether he wanted to save the government or the country.The court adjourned the hearing until tommorw.
