Karachi law and order: Judge questions possibility of transparent polls

| 6th February, 2013
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A view of the Supreme Court’s Karachi registry. — Photo by PPI/File

KARACHI: During Wednesday’s hearing of the case pertaining to the implementation of the apex court’s earlier order in a suo motu case on Karachi’s law and order situation, Justice Jawwad S Khwaja questioned the possibility of transparent polls in Karachi in what he called an atmosphere of fear prevalent in the city, DawnNews reported.

A Supreme Court bench was hearing the case pertaining to the city’s law and order situation at its Karachi registry.

During the hearing, Justice Khawaja remarked that people’s lives were not safe in the city, adding that how could transparent elections be made possible while citizens lived in fear.

In his remarks, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain expressed his lack of confidence over the performance of police in Karachi.

Additional Inspector General (AIG) of Sindh Police Iqbal Mehmood informed the court that 2,300 people were killed in target killing incidents in 2012.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sindh, Niaz Khoso stated that people were afraid of and not ready to register cases and testify in existing cases.

He added that peace could be restored in the city within a month’s time if laws pertaining to witness protection and arms control were legislated.

In 2011, the Supreme Court had given its detailed order in the Karachi law and order case after the chief justice had taken suo motu action on the security situation in the city.

COMMENTS

  1. Honorable judges have their vehicles and guards and police for them to secure them and a basic

    Introduction to this phenomenon is “Definitely they are valuable persons and noble talented and

    educated and specialized in field of law and Judicature and Jurisprudence, then in terms of equality

    as Human being A Honorable Judge/Justice and lay man is equal, in Qualification, Rank & Status

    they are not same, but when a judge is killed a loss for this society. When a lay man killed the

    life is lost. We must form the Uniform law and principle, Human life is most precious then any

    law or Judicature or bribing and corruption and illegal and legal and conversion and transforming

    the illegal works into legal works, this is basic business for every person in this system who is

    sitting on seat.

  2. Judges are killed and 10,000 or 20,000 rupees is cost of life of human being, this is the very cheap

    business and Government of Pakistan their primary intention who are in Government and who are

    collation partners of them, their basic agenda is to “collect bhatta, to promote terrorist, to promote

    media newspapers, media channels, they also started the business of blackmailing. so everything

    is sold against something.

    HAQEEQAT KHARAFAAT MEIN KHO GAEE
    YEH UMMAT RIWAYAAT MEIN KHO GAEE

    ZAMANEY KEY ANDAAZ BADLEY GAAY
    NAYA RAAG HEY KEY SAAZ BADLEY GAAY.

  3. As far as Courts are concerned if you will say anything against court, then show cause notice and

    crime of contempt of court it will be, But According to me it should & must be “Law should protect

    Human life and society” and “Not the people are respecting law without any benefit”, now how the

    Judges and Police and DG Rangers, Agencies. Actually due to corruption in system of Pakistan,

    Every department whether it is Passport or CNIC office or anything, Army is doing doubling on

    the name of Establishment of Shariah in Pakistan, Army and Rangers and FIA & other agencies

    knows that, they can encounter every terrorist of every party, But it is not ordained or order by

    Honorable President of Pakistan & Honorable Prime Minister of Pakistan. so People have to

    encounter them and we have to kill them, this is solution and Paid terrorist will not born again

    in our society, If you will appoint me in “Federal Obdusman” and as Phd in religious studies I can

    solve 100,000 Pending petitions in Inshallah as soon as possible time period, But proper law and

    practice and format and who are taking, they are pressurized and feared by system.

    So you cannot improve the system without killing the 500,000 Top level Beaurucrates and

    Technocrates and Terrorists, then any change can come in Pakistan by media or by speeches

    or writing. Nothing will happen in System of Pakistan.

  4. Take a Imam Zamin that fits all!

  5. Nothing will change, If our courts keep giving importance to ONLY high profile cases and common man’s cases would NOT be giving quick justice or justice at all.

    Where is the justice for 15,000 common people got killed in the streets of Karachi in 2004 and 2005 or 2300 people mentioned above? You closed the case in the name of operation against the people who did not attack or killed any Pak soldier………And the so called Pak politicians and philanthropist did NOT say a single word against the barberick act of administrations extrajuditional killings.

    On the other hand our courts and government releasing the Talibans from prisons left and right who has attacked our forces’ head-offices several time. Also killing our daughters in the head for going to school.

    All I can say to you all, wait for the day when you will be standing before the creator and your body-parts will talk against you and then you will be thrown in the huge fire you could not even imagin.

  6. During the hearing, Justice Khawaja remarked that people’s lives were not safe in the city, adding that how could transparent elections be made possible while citizens lived in fear.
    “Fear is the foundation of most governments”