ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday remarked that law making isParliament’s responsibility not the courts.

SC Judge hearing a petition of an acid case remarked that changing the lawwas not under the jurisdiction of the court.

A second year student Raheela Rahim had filed a petition demanding that hercase be heard under the Anti-terrorism court (ATC). In the petition she hadmaintained the view that she was a victim of acid throwing case after shehad refused to marry a police constable Zeeshan.

She said that Zeeshan had proposed her for marriage, but when she refusedhe threw acid on her face.

Justice Fasial Arab heading the petition hearing remarked that Sindh’s lawdid not allow acid cases to be heard under ATC. However, in Punjab the lawhas been amended and acid cases fall under the jurisdiction of ATC.

Petitioner Raheela informed the court that the suspect is a policeconstable and on Sindh Police’s pay roll. She added that she was a victimof a grave crime that had halted her daily affairs as well as her educationdue to her burnt disfigured face.