Monitoring Judge of Anti-Terrorism Courts (ATC) for Sindh, Justice Amir Hani Muslim on Saturday directed the provincial government to immediately take steps to make ATCs, established in central jail, functional.
While chairing a meeting in Supreme Court of Pakistan’s Karachi Registry Branch, Justice Amir Hani Muslim was apprised that there were 19 ATCs proceeding with the cases in Sindh out of which 10 were located in Karachi.
Besides, Justice Amir Hani Muslim, Administrative ATC Judge, Sindh’s Prosecutor General Shahadat Awan, Advocate General Zameer Ghumro, and Home Department Secretary were also present on the occasion.
The chair was told that there was lack of ATCs in other districts of the province that was causing hardships. The terrorism cases were being heard by link judges of ATCs of other districts.
Justice Amir Hani Muslim directed the sessions judges of all the districts to name one judge to hear terrorism cases in his own district so that the cases could be tried in their respective district.
