PPP's MPA from Lyari met with CJP to discuss Karachi's law and order situation

Published June 30, 2013
A picture of the meeting between Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chuadhry and PPP MPA from Lyari, Sonia Naz.  — Photo by Asif Mehmood
A picture of the meeting between Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chuadhry and PPP MPA from Lyari, Sonia Naz. — Photo by Asif Mehmood

KARACHI: Sindh's Member of Provincial Assembly, Sonia Naz, belonging to the Pakistan People Party (PPP) along with a three-member commission met with Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to discuss the law and order situation in Karachi with special emphasis on Lyari.

PPP Karachi division's vice president Habib Hassan and a lawyer were also part of the team that visited the Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry.

Legal experts were of the opinion that traditionally judges avoided the practise of meeting elected representative but there was nor harm of holding meetings within their personal capacity.

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