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SC rejects Rangers' request for powers

Islamabad - The Rangers had requested the Supreme Court to direct the Sindh government to allow them to set up their own police stations with powers of registration of cases, investigation and submission of charge-sheets.

The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down the Rangers' request for permission to set up their own police stations, powers of registration of cases, investigation and yearly extension in Sindh and observed that the court could not intervene in legislative issues.
Hearing the Karachi law and order suo moto case, the SC's three-member bench, headed by Justice Amir Hani Muslim, observed that the court could not pass an order on the issue which is beyond its jurisdiction and can be only done through legislation. "We expect that the federal and Sindh government will consider it at the level of the Apex Committee and find a solution," the court observed.
The Rangers had requested the Supreme Court to direct the Sindh government to allow them to set up their own police stations with powers of registration of cases, investigation and submission of charge-sheets besides extension of its powers under the anti-terrorism law on a yearly basis instead of 90 or 120 days. However, the provincial government submitted that anti-terrorism act does not envisage any provision as to the time frame of continuing to solicit assistance from the Pakistan Rangers while the request for setting up Rangers police stations involves constitutional and legal intricacies that would need to be addressed with due diligence and care.
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