KARACHI: Sindh Anti-Terrorism Courts’ (ATC) monitoring Judge
Justice Amir
Hani Muslim directed th
e provincial
government to take immediate steps to make ATCs, established in central jail, functional.
While chairing a meeting in the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan’s Karachi registry on Saturday,
Justice Amir
Hani Muslim was told that there are 19 ATCs proceeding with the cases in Sindh out of which 10 are located in Karachi.
The ATC administrative Judge, Sindh’s Prosecutor General Shahadat Awan, Advocate General Zameer G
humro and Secretary of home department were also present on the occasion.
The chair was explained that other districts of th
e province lacked ATCs, causing hardships. Terrorism cases were being heard by ATC-linked judges.
Justice Amir directed the session judges of all districts to name one judge to hear terrorism cases in his own district so that the cases can be tried.
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