May 12 case adjourned till Nov 5

CNews KARACHI: The High Court of Sindh on Monday adjourned the hearing of May 12 case till November 5. Advocate General Raja Qureshi while giving arguments in today’s hearing said that the evidences of the incident of May 12 should be recorded. No arrest was made on May 12 and cases were registered on May 13.Raja Qureshi said that city government gave the permission of rally and provincial government had no concerned with that.In his remarks, Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani said that that why Sindh government is putting his weight on city government and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).Advocate general said that there is contradictions about May 12 incidents. It was stated that arms were not given to police whereas according to our information, 3,000 tear gas shells fired and 700 SMG provided to selected police officials that were used in aerial firing. Raja Qureshi said that statements of May 12 victims should be recorded. Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani said that this is not a tribunal of inquiry and if any one wants to give his statement, he should approach to police inquiry officer for the recording of statement. We want to chalk out security lapses to avoid such incidents in future.Justice Usmani said that police had failed to control the situation on May 12. Large number of people were present at the hearing to file their affidavits.