Karachi: A larger bench of the Supreme Court (SC) headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will resume the hearing of a case pertaining to the implementation of its decision in the suo motu notice on law and order situation on Friday (today) at Karachi registry of the apex court.
The other members of the bench are Justice Jawwad Khawaja, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Amir Hani Muslim and Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan.
On Thursday, a larger bench of the apex court ordered PTA chairman and cellular companies to provide a temporary solution by Friday which prevents criminals from using illegal SIMs.
The chief justice observed that mobile phone SIM cards of different telecom companies were being sold in open market in unauthorised way, which facilitated the accused involved in heinous crimes including extortion and kidnapping for ransom.
Chief Justice Chaudhry remarked that the sale of SIMs from unlicensed outlets should be stopped.
Additional IG Sindh, Shahid Hayat presented the Chinese made machine which was being used to activate SIMs before the Supreme Court.
He informed the court that this machine was being used to activate SIMs which had been deactivated.
Hayat added that during the targeted operation, 3,000 active SIMs had been recovered. According to the Additional IG, the SIMS were issued on data obtained from voter lists and would then be used in criminal activity.
Hayat told the court that if this issue was resolved, 50 percent of kidnapping for ransom cases could be solved.
The PTA chairman told the court that one of the cellular companies was going to inaugurate biometric system by which SIMs would be issued only after
The five-judge bench also expressed its concern over grey trafficking causing loss to the economy of the country. The PTA chief told the judges that issue of grey trafficking had increased due to duty being charged on international calls.
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