The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the suspension of Malir Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rao Anwar, saying that all officers, including Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Fayyaz Leghari, would have resigned from their posts if they had any shame.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the suo motu case on Abbas Town blast. The other two members of the bench included Justice Ameer Hani Aslam and Justice Aijaz Afzal.
“If the government had been dissolved after the Karachi unrest case, everything would have been fixed by now,” the CJP remarked. He said that police officers were travelling in armoured cars, which was the reason why they were not able to provide security to the masses.
When the hearing started, Sindh IGP Fayyaz Laghari presented a report on the bomb blast in Abbas Town. The CJP stated that they wanted to secure the common people and ensure application of Article 9 of the constitution. Rangers Director General (DG) Major General Akhtar also presented a report on the incident.
The CJP said that the life of a single citizen was more important than that of the officers. He ordered the Rangers officials to present a detailed report on the miserable law and order situation in Karachi by March 8.
In addition, the CJP also ordered the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the Military Intelligence (MI) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to present their respective reports regarding the incident.
He observed that 10 to 15 citizens die in Karachi every day. The Sindh advocate general said that 50 people had died and 139 others were injured in the Abbas Town carnage.
The SC also issued the suspension orders of SSP Rao Anwar on immediate basis. The CJP said that everyone including the IGP should be suspended.
Government’s lawyer Anwar Mansoor Khan told the court that it had been decided that the Sindh IGP would be transferred to Islamabad.
The hearing was adjourned for March 8. The Home Ministry later transferred the IGP and the DIG to the central government. Sources said that both the officers had vacated their posts.
If the police and law enforcement agencies treat every human life more important than theirs, there will be no problem of law and order. However, these agencies are full of highly corrupt, callous, brutal and coward officials who have no conscience as such the remarks of the Chief Justice will fall on deaf ears.
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