KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Murad Ali Shah on Monday approved plans to shift eight Anti Terro
rism Courts (ATCs) operati
ng in the city from
the Clifton area to central jail.
Sources said that a meeting, headed by
the CM, regarding the shifting of ATCs from Clifton to central jail was held in the
provincial capital, in which Shah remarked that it was dangerous to take suspects from jail to the ATCs. Therefore it was decided that due to present security conditions, ATCs could not be kept in Clifton.
During the meeting
the CM was also informed that two of the ATCs were already operati
ng in the central jail while eigh
t were present in the area of Clifton.
The
provincial chief secretary, advocate general and other high ranking officials were also present during the meeting.
