ISLAMABAD: The Bomb Disposal Squad declared the Supreme Court premises a ‘safe zone’, after checking the grounds for an explosive device on Thursday.
A letter containing threatening statements to the president and chief justice of Pakistan was earlier found on the grounds of the Supreme Court building in the Red Zone area of Islamabad.
It said that a bomb was planted inside the court building.
The letter stated that President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry will be targetted.
It also said that the planted bomb would be detonated after 12pm on Friday.
The letter has reportedly been written by two persons who stated in the letter that their names are Aman Khan and Samandar Khan. They claimed in the letter that they have had help from the police to plant the bomb.
Police and other law enforcement agencies have taken immediate notice of this letter, and security around the court has been beefed up.
A Bomb Disposal Squad arrived at the SC premises, and combed the building for any explosives or planted device. Employees and lawyers were evacuated from the three-storey building.
Senior lawyers present at the premises said that the threat’s importance had increased against the backdrop of the court’s suo motu notice of the ongoing violence in Karachi.
The SC is scheduled to hear the Karachi violence case tomorrow (Friday), where the government is expected to submit a report.
