With a heavy heart, acting CJP terms Karachi 'the worst city in Pakistan'.

ISLAMABAD: Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Thursday lamented that Karachi had become the "worst city" in Pakistan.

He made these comments while hearing a suo motu case at the Supreme Court pertaining to the death of 10-year-old Amal Umer.

A three-member bench of the apex court expressed a lack of trust in the Sindh government during the hearing when the provincial government's prosecutor said he wanted to present his point of view on the "important matter" being discussed in the court regarding the provision of heavy weaponry to patrolling police.

"The Sindh government doesn't even have a solution to any problem, so you don't speak," Justice Gulzar responded, adding that the state of the Sindh government was "very bad".

The top judge particularly regretted the situation in Karachi. "With sorrow, I am saying that Karachi has become the worst city in Pakistan," he said. "There is no government in the city of Karachi." He said that in the past, the people of the city were able to go far from their houses to play, but now their children could not even leave their houses.

He gave the example of an incident where a car was stopped in a crowded bazaar and Rs 9 million were snatched. "In Karachi, fugitives are roaming freely," he said, adding that these fugitives were involved in serious crimes and the police were unable...