Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has remarked that arms flow into Karachi from a number of countries including India, Israel, US and Russia. He observed that “the arms which flow from the South into Karachi come from India and Israel and the arms which flow from the North into Karachi come from NATO, US and Russia. If we are determined then not a single bullet will come into the country through illegal paths. Rocket launchers and anti aircraft guns were also recovered from the city.” He further remarked that the “Police officers who took part in Karachi operation during 1992 and 1996 were culled and murdered. Had the killers of police personnel been arrested, police morale would have been higher today.” The CJP inquired about the murder of witnesses and remarked that such an action is impossible without the collusion between police and influential persons. The CJP made these statements while presiding over a 5-member bench of SC during the hearing of the Karachi violence case. The other members of the bench are Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Khilji, Arif Hussain, Justice Amir Hani Muslim and Justice Azmat Saeed. The Federal government, chief secretary Sindh and the police presented the report on the Karachi situation in the court. The report alleged that the ISI and MI had declared an ongoing target operation in Karachi effective and had proposed to continue it. One police station in each of the five districts of Karachi is being controlled by the Rangers. As per report, 1357 accused persons involved in target killing, extortion of money and other crimes were arrested during September, 5 to 16 in Karachi and 3 Kalashnikovs, 347 pistols and 9 hand grenades were recovered from them.
Advocate General Sindh said during the hearing that “we are fully implementing the SC decision The application filed by former minister for ports and shipping, Babar Ghauri, to become party during the hearing of the allegations leveled by DG Rangers is likely to be heard today. The hearing of the case was adjourned until Friday.