KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday sought a reply from Sindh government for not making a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probe into the May 12 riots. Kazmi submitted that the court had ordered for making JIT within two months in September 2018, but despite the lapse of many months, the JIT has yet to be formed. On May 12, 2007, a major portion of Karachi’s main artery, Shahra-e-Faisal, turned into a battlefield when opponent political groups clashed with each other soon after the arrival of the then chief justice of Pakistan. Due to the clash, the former chief justice did not move ahead from the lounge of the airport and returned to Islamabad without addressing a lawyers’ convention at Sindh High Court. The main road was to be used by the procession of the then chief justice but was made completely unreachable to commuters as all the intersections were blocked by large containers and trucks.

Source: Pakistan Today April 08, 2019 13:52 UTC