SC rejects police report over progress into probe of Karachi lawyers' killings

KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a police report over slow progress made into investigation of cases of the target killing of the lawyers in Karachi.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali heard the case over suo moto of lawyers' target killing at the apex court's Karachi Registry.

Additional Inspector General Police (AIGP) Karachi Mushtaq Mehr presented the report of cases in which progress was not made.

The court rejected the report and expressed severe displeasure over it. The chief justice remarked that the court had sought details of all the A-Class cases and not only those related to lawyers' killings.

Justice Ameer Hani Muslim, in his remarks, said there were hundreds of cases which had been declared A-Class, adding 3 to 4 days after registration of FIR, cases are put in A-Class category and sent into 'cold storage'.

The court ordered the police official to present a detailed report of all the A-Class cases since 2000 in Karachi and adjourned the hearing for indefinite period.