Karachi violence: 1992 Operation intel reports missing, SC told

KARACHI: Sindh Advocate General (AG) Abdul Fatah Malik told the Supreme Court (SC) that the reports of intelligence agencies regarding 1992 Operation were missing from the record, Geo News reported.

The hearing of the Karachi violence suo moto case is underway here at Supreme Court Karachi Registry. A five-member special bench of the SC comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani, Justice Amer Hani Muslim and Justice Ghulam Rabbani is hearing the case.

The AG told the bench that only crime record of that period was available. The SC had sought the report upon a point raised by Senior Advocate Syed Iqbal Haider, who is representing Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.

The court ordered that the copy of available record be provided to Iqbal Haider. The bench also sought the investigation reports of killings of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) legal advisor Faheem-ul-Karim Sarwat and a policeman, who was killed in Malir area Wednesday.

The notification of appointment of six Anti-Terrorism Court judges was also presented before the court.