SHC seeks federal govt's policy to protect VIPs in provinces other than Sindh.

KARACHI -- The Sindh High Court on Wednesday asked the federal authorities to submit their policy for the security of VIPs in other provinces after a lawyer for Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari informed the court of serious threats to his client's life.

The PPP chairman, through his lawyer, had filed a constitutional petition in 2016 seeking the court's directives for the federal and provincial governments to ensure provision of round-the-clock security cover as there were serious threats to his life in view of reports of security agencies.

When the petition came up for hearing before the two-judge bench headed by Justice Mohammad Iqbal Kalhoro on Wednesday, the lawyer for Mr Bhutto-Zardari contended that his client was facing serious security threats and there was also a threat to blow up his residence, Bilawal House.

The counsel argued that the Sindh government was providing security to the PPP chief, but the federal authorities were not cooperating, adding that his client was travelling across the country due to his political engagements

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A deputy attorney general argued that after the 18th Amendment, it was the responsibility of the provincial governments to provide security to the VIPs.

The bench directed the federal authorities to inform it on the next hearing about the policy for the security of VIPs in other provinces and also called a report from the federal government about the security threats to the PPP chairman.

In his petition, Mr Bhutto-Zardari had also asked the court to direct the authorities to allow him to carry his personal security guards with licensed arms while travelling or addressing public meetings throughout the country...