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Tribunal: Since when this policy was changed and why permission is not
being taken from the local police?
A: I say so because no such requests have been made.
The tribunal chairman, Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid, called for Dawn and Jang
from his office and read a statement of the governor of Sindh, published on
Saturday, in which he had said that there was no government in Karachi and
mafia gangs were in control of the city.
Mr Illahi, 39, who relinquished the post of DC South on Oct. 1, answering
another question, said before the incident took place, he was not consulted by
the police where serious law and order question was involved.
A: For law and order problems where protest meetings and processions are
held, yes.
Q: Were you aware that the incident had taken place or the services of any
magistrate asked for?
A: No.
Q: When did you get involved in the incident?
A: It was a Friday. I was at my residence and was getting ready to go to a
wedding party, when I received a message from the control south known as
Adil South Base that shooting has taken place at Clifton and that the SHO
Clifton PS and ASP Saddar were injured and taken to hospital. A couple of
others were also injured and that the incident related to the apprehending of
the guards of Mir Murtaza.
On this, I asked that the JPMC casualty should be ready to receive the injured
and until then I was not quite sure of the whole incident.
Q: Was any of the higher authorities informed about it?
A: No. I could hear the message being transmitted on Channel 6 of the radio
wireless system and also through this channel I came to know that there was
a big traffic jam at Schon Circle in Clifton, therefore I took a long detour via
Zam Zama Boulevard and reached the scene at about 9:20 pm and saw SSP
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