KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Murad Ali Shah on Monday approved plans to shift eight Anti Terrorism Courts (ATCs) operating 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 operating in the central jail while eight were present in the area of Clifton.
The provincial chief secretary, advocate general and other high ranking officials were also present during the meeting.
