After the murders of hundreds of people by armed gangs in Karachi, the Supreme Court on Monday finally took suo motu notice of the continuing violence in the city and sought media footages containing pictures of the bloodshed in the metropolis within the next 24 hours.
The court directed all television channels to submit footages of the unrest and bloodshed as well as CDs and DVDs of various programmes on the law and order in Karachi with the Supreme Court registrar’s office by August 24.
The court also sought details of current targeted killings in the city, besides directing its Registrar’s Office to collect all record related to current incidents of violence in the city.
According to the Human Rights Cell of the Supreme Court, notices have been issued to all TV channels to submit footages of violence in the last three months. The suo motu notice has been taken on an appeal by noted religious scholar and head of Tehreek Minhajul Quran, Dr Tahirul Qadri, published in a local newspaper. In his appeal, Dr Qadri requested the SC to intervene into the bloodshed in Karachi, as the federal and Sindh provincial governments had miserably failed to control the deteriorating law and order in the last three months. After reviewing the footages and other material, the Human Rights Cell of the SC will forward the matter to the CJP for further orders.
SC finally takes suo motu notice of bloodshed in Karachi
