Summary A letter has been forwarded to military court in this regard.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Interior Ministry on Thursday has approved the hearing of Safoora carnage case in military court.
According to sources, the interior ministry dispatched a letter to the concerning military court, stating all the necessary details regarding case and information of the suspects.
At least 45 people of the Shia Ismaili community, including 18 women, were killed in an armed attack on their bus near Safoora Goth on May 13.
The slaughter was swiftly claimed by IS, marking the first time the groups, who have seized control of large areas of Iraq and Syria, said they were behind an attack in Pakistan.
Prime suspects Tahir Hussain Minhas, Saad Asad Rehman, Hafiz Nasir Ahmed, Azhar Ishrat, Sultan Qamar, Hussain Umar and Naeem Sajjid have been apprehended so far while the search of absconder Hafiz Umer aka Mirza Ghalib is underway.
Islamabad has officially denied that IS is operating in Pakistan, which has been wracked by Al-Qaeda and Taliban linked violence for more than a decade.
