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KARACHI: Law Department, Sindh has posted six judges in provincial Anti Terrorism Courts (ATCs) against vacancies.

The Supreme Court had ordered the Sindh government on Tuesday to appoint judges in the anti-terrorism courts within two days so that cases of extortion and other heinous crimes in Karachi could be tried under the anti-terrorism act.

According to a notification issued here Wednesday, the Law Department has posted Rasheed Ahmed Soomro as Judge, ATC Jacobabad, Shahid Shafiq as Judge ATC Badin, Syed Saeed Hassan as Judge ATC Khairpur, Muhammad Javed Alam as Judge ATC Hyderabad.

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