SC orders Centre, Sindh govt to trace culprits.

ISLAMABAD -- Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday took notice of the life threats to slain Perveen Rehman's sister and Director Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) Anwar Rashid.

The top court directed the federal and Sindh governments to trace those giving threats.

The notice is taken during hearing of the case regarding Perveen Rehman murder case. The social worker Perveen Rehman, who had devoted her life to the development of the impoverished neighbourhoods, was gunned down near her Orangi Town office on March 13, 2013.

During the hearing, the bench was informed that sister of slain Perveen Rehman and current director of OPP are receiving threatening calls.

A three-judge bench headed by Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed was hearing the case. Justice Saeed remarked that it appears that foreign telephone number is being used to issue threats. He further remarked that though a foreign telephone number is being used but there is possibility that the person making threatening calls is Pakistani.

During the course of hearing, Interior Ministry's Additional Secretary Dr. Tariq informed the bench that the cabinet has approved the constitution of Joint Investigation Team (JIT) for re-investigating the murder.

He further informed the bench that a notification in this regard will be issued in few days. Following this, the bench adjourned the hearing of the case for two weeks.

Earlier, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi had dismissed request of Perveen Rehman to summon the members of each of the earlier three joint investigation teams (JITs) formed to probe the murder.

She through her counsel had contended that the JIT members were important witnesses since they had detained and probed the alleged accused persons.

In December last year, Justice Saeed of top court, while hearing the case, had noted that malafide of the Sindh police spoiled the whole case as according to additional attorney general there were proofs that efforts were made to hush up the matter.

Perveen Rehman, compiler of land record, had claimed that around 1,500 goths had been merged into the city since the late 90s and that the land grabbers had subdivided them into plots and earned billions of rupees by selling them.

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