KARACHI: Sindh home minister Manzoor Wassan has said 6 judges have
been appointed in Anti Terrorism Courts (ATCs) in pursuance of
directives of Supreme Court (SC).
Manzoor Wassan said this while addressing a press conference here Wednesday in his office.
Judges
have been appointed out of the names selected by chief justice Sindh,
he told. Among them 5 are session judges and one is retired judge, he
stated.
There will be no peace in entire Sindh if there is no
peace in Karachi, he held. “We have no affiliation with those who are
giving statements at individual level. Several people joined party and
left it. We have to save this country. As to why love for Sindh had not
found way to his heart 3 years back ”, he underlined.
Peace can
not prevail in Karachi unless criminals are punished, he said. There
should be no gun point politics in the country, he stressed.
He
went on to say taking suo motu notice by Supreme Court (SC) on Karachi
situation was a good step but situation in Punjab and Balochistan was
worse than Karachi. Suo motu notice could be taken on Balochistan and
Punjab situation, he added.
Improvement has come in Karachi
situation following the operation against criminals therein, he said.
When police and rangers were doing their job better then no need should
be felt to call in army, he remarked.
Home ministry Sindh
issued list of 42 target killers after the press conference of Manzoor
Wassan. Party affiliation of 29 accused has not been shown.
Regarding
party action against Zulfiqar Mirza, Manzoor Wassan told resignation of
Zulfiqar Mirza as minister and vice president of party has been
accepted and action has been started against him. Online
