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KARACHI: Police have launched an investigation after registering a terrorism case when a civil judge, who has also served as a judge of an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in the past, received an envelope containing a bullet in his chamber on Friday, officials said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
South DIG Syed Asad Raza said that Aram Bagh police have registered an FIR on a complaint of the private secretary of Judge Suhail Jabbar Malik, chairman of the Appellate Tribunal, Local Council Secretariat Karachi.<\/p>\n
According to the complainant, Javed Iqbal, on April 3 he found an envelope on the table inside the judge\u2019s chamber. The envelope contained a 9mm pistol bullet and a note stating: \u201cSuhail judge, your gift.\u201d<\/p>\n
The FIR said the judge had also served in the ATC for over five years. <\/p>\n
The police have invoked Section 506-B (criminal intimidation) of the Pakistan Penal Code and relevant sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997.<\/p>\n
The investigation has been tasked to the in-charge of the Crime Investigation Cell (CIC), Preedy Division.<\/p>\n
As per the contents of the FIR, the complainant said some labourers had arrived at the judge\u2019s chamber for work on Friday, while the envelope was found at 12:15pm. <\/p>\n
The labourers and the judge\u2019s staff expressed ignorance as to how the envelope had reached there. <\/p>\n
The staff, Qari Abdul Rasheed, said he had cleaned the chamber on Thursday and did not see any envelope at that time.<\/p>\n
The complainant believed that an unidentified person had issued a death threat to the judge and sought legal proceedings in this regard.<\/p>\n