After a constitutional petition was filed in the Supreme Court seeking proclamation of emergency in Karachi, the Sindh High Court was also moved for the army deployment in Karachi and Hyderabad to restore peace.
The petitioner, Faizul Hassan, argued the Rangers and police were not working satisfactorily and had failed to restore law and order in Karachi. The army should be given powers for three months to restore peace in Karachi and Hyderabad, argued the petitioner. The federal government, Sindh government, interior, defence and law ministries have been made respondents in the petition.
