KARACHI : CJP Nisar summons file of May 12 carnage

KARACHI: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday summoned case file of May 12 carnage in Karachi that claimed lives of people in 2007.

During the hearing at Supreme Court (SC) Karachi registry, CJP asked Barrister Faisal Siddiqui whether the case has been investigated or not over which, he said that the case is currently under hearing in Sindh High Court (SHC).

Tell me the case number so that I can review it, CJP remarked.

It is to be mentioned here that on May 12, 2007, as many as 27 people were killed while more than 140 injured after opposing political groups clashed with one another on Shahrah-e-Faisal on the arrival of former CJP Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry in Karachi.