\u2018Toxic powder\u2019 saga
\nFive more top court judges receive \u2018threat letters\u2019 today
\n Lahore
\nAfter several judges from the Supreme Court and high courts received letters containing \u2018toxic powder\u2019, the administration of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has devised new SOPs regarding letters being received in the name of jurists.
\n\u201cNew SOPs has been adopted for handling the letters being posted to the jurists,\u201d the LHC\u2019s administration said in a statement on Friday.
\nAll courier companies and postmen have been restricted to mandatory clear all genre of letters and posts from the security room. A deputy superintendent police (DSP) ranked officers would undergo security checkup of the letters before they would be handed over to the relevant judges\u2019 staff officer.
\nA postman namely Atif \u2014 who delivered the letters containing suspicious powdery substance to the judges\u2019 offices \u2014 told that it was his routine work to deliver letters and he did not know what was inside the envelopes.
\nAfter the suspected power-laced letters, the Pakistan Post also took special measures for security of staffers and thorough inspection of postal letters, and other mails. It has been directed to provide masks and gloves to the staffers for their safety and security.
\nSubsequently, the Pakistan Post ordered entire staffers to carefully check letters and other mails, especially the mails in the names of judges, diplomats and other high-profile personalities, a notification read.
\nThe postal staffers have also been directed to stay vigilant while booking and delivery of mails, it added.
\nLetters sent to five more top court judges today
\nAuthorities concerned have so far failed to stop threatening posts inside envelopes filled with \u201ctoxic powder\u201d as five more apex court judges received such letters.
\nIn the latest development, the top judges who received threat letters via mail include Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Irfan Saadat Khan, and Justice Ayesha Malik, sources told.
\nThe suspicious letters have been handed over to the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officials for further investigation, the sources added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2018Toxic powder\u2019 saga Five more top court judges receive \u2018threat letters\u2019 today Lahore After several judges from the Supreme Court and high courts received letters containing \u2018toxic powder\u2019, the administration of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has devised new SOPs regarding letters being received in the name of jurists. \u201cNew SOPs has been adopted for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-398780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n