KARACHI – The Supreme Court on Saturday expressed outrage over the allegedrampant corruption in Sindh Coal Authority.

A two-member bench, comprising Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice MaqboolBaqar, had taken up a suo motu case regarding corruption in the Sindh CoalAuthority at the apex court’s Karachi registry.

“Do you have any idea what is being said all over the country about Sindh?I don’t know where to begin to tell you what we have to hear about you inIslamabad,” Justice Ahmed said while addressing Additional Advocate GeneralSindh Sarwar Khan.

Justice Ahmed expressed sorrow over children dying of hunger in Thar, withno sign of food, water or education being provided to the citizens.

“Where have Rs10-15 billion disappeared? In whose account has the moneygone?” the court questioned the AAG.

The court also expressed anger over the authority’s failure to submit areport in the matter and gave it one month to provide details of the moneytrail.

“You are such cruel people. You want to take every penny for yourself. Doyou have no love for your region?” Justice Ahmed remarked while referringto the alleged plundering by the authority in the name of “developmentalprojects”.

“Is it our job to curtail such corruption? Where is the executive in allthis? What have we been thrust into?” exclaimed the judge.