SC takes suo motu notice of Quetta carnage

Supreme Court to commence hearings on Quetta killings tomorrow


Web Desk February 18, 2013
Families mourn the death of relatives as they gather with coffins of bomb attack victims during a protest in Quetta. PHOTO: AFP

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court took suo moto notice of the latest Quetta bombings and issued notices to the Balochistan Advocate General, Muhammad Abdullah Khan Kakar and the  Attorney General of Pakistan on Monday.

The officials have been asked to appear in the apex court for a hearing tomorrow.

The notices that were served by the court through its in-house registrar say that the hearing tomorrow would be an open hearing.

This court notice follows public calls from political and religious organizations including Pakistan-Tehreek-I-Insaf (PTI) and the  Majlis-e-Wehdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM), which called for placing Quetta under army control so that targeted operations against the terrorist masterminds of this attack be undertaken.

In yet another blood-soaked day in Quetta on Sunday, more than 80 people got killed in a bomb blast at a busy market.  The responsibility of blasts has since been taken up by the terror outfit, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.

 

 

COMMENTS (18)

mirealistic | 11 years ago | Reply

Well done CJP. Thanks for all of this.

Parvez | 11 years ago | Reply

SC should stop playing politics. It has already spent a lot of time on Balochistan but has achieved little. The situation cannot be handled by SC. it is for the intelligence agencies to stop providing safe havens to terrorists.

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