Terrorist attack: Committee sought to probe attack

The delegation said they had visited the families of the deceased and injured

LAHORE: Bar associations have called for the constitution of a committee consisting of superior court judges to probe the recent suicide attack at Quetta’s Civil Hospital in which 70 people were killed. Speaking at a general house meeting of the Lahore High Court Bar Association on Friday, lawyers’ representatives said the attack in Quetta was an attack on the state of Pakistan. They said that by targeting soft targets, the terrorists wanted to spread fear in the public and to sabotage law and order. They said Pakistan’s enemies were not in favour of the China-Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects. That was why they were trying to create unrest in Balochistan, the speakers said. The meeting was arranged to brief the house about the visit of an LHCBA delegation to Quetta. The delegation said they had visited the families of the deceased and the injured and held meetings with the provincial government representatives.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 13^th, 2016.