LAHORE: Key member of Pakistan Peoples Party and former president
Supreme Court Bar Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan favored army’s deployment in
violence-hit Karachi and it is not unconstitutional.
Talking to
the media in Lahore High Court, PPP leader said that Karachi is
Pakistan’s economic hub and vital for the country’s progress and if
there would be a law and order problem, it would disturb the whole
country. People are being kidnapped, tortured and then killed.
He added nobody should be afraid of an army operation, as it would be carried out under the Sindh civil administration.
He
cited the example of the UK and India where army was called whenever
civil rulers felt that only army could help out in resolving the
problem. The army is a national institution and subordinate department
of the federal government, Aitzaz said.
The renowned lawyer
said that peace could not be restored in Karachi until an operation was
conducted to de-weaponise the city.
He said that politics and extortion had mixed up in Karachi owing to which economic problems were also emerging. Online
