ISI briefs judges on Karachi unrest in CJs chamber

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ISI briefs judges on Karachi unrest in CJs chamber

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On the Karachi unrest, ISI briefed the Supreme Court larger bench in judges chambers.

08 September,2011 07:18 pm

After the hearing of the suo motu case, the ISI officials presented intelligence report to the judges in the Chief Justice’s chamber in the SC Karachi Registry. During the briefing, the Attorney General was sent out of the chamber for a while.When the hearing started, the larger bench, after briefly hearing the arguments, allowed the ISI to present the report in the chambers instead of the courtroom.Lawyer of MQM Barrister Faroogh Nasim prayed to the court to form a commission to deal with Karachi violence effectively. The Chief Justice remarked that all the time commissions are formed, but the actual problems remains unattended. He said the political parties are out to put on political muscle. He said the MQM quit the coalition government for its own interests. The CJ also said that revelations by the Rangers DG that political parties have terrorists in their ranks are quite alarming.Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani remarked that the people favour no political party, but Pakistan. CJ Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali shared the view that if the political parties expel criminal elements from their ranks, Karachi could become one of the most peaceful cities of the world.