The Supreme Court’s Karachi Registry has adjourned the hearing of the suo moto case regarding the security situation in Karachi till September 5.

A five-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was hearing the case while the bench comprises of Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani, Justice Ameer Hani Muslim and Justice Ghulam Rabbani.

During the hearing, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said that the province’s chief minister was duty-bound to protect the people of Sindh.

Moreover, Sindh government’s counsel Abdul Hafeez Pirzada presented his arguments before the court.

He said that the security situation had improved since the court’s notice on the issue.

Pirzadah said that 300 people lost their lives after the elections in Ayub khan era while same kind of riots took place in Mumtaz Bhutto’s time in 1972.

While giving his arguments, Pirzadah said that it is important to cure the root causes of this violence. He said that the situation in the city has improved after the court took suo moto notice on August 24.

Earlier on Monday, the apex court rejected the government’s report on targets killings in Karachi and asked the attorney general to place on record reports from intelligence agencies on investigation into the matter.

The report of the Federal Investigation Agency, Sindh police’s Special Branch and Intelligence Bureau on target killings was submitted by Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq.

The bench expressed dissatisfaction over the report and observed that it did not have facts needed to make headway. Apart from the first three pages, the bench said, it contained newspaper reports without an analysis.

The case is being heard by a five-judge special bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.