Summary CJP sought report from the Interior Ministry and law enforcement agencies.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday took suo motu notice of the target killing of members of Hazara community in Quetta.
CJP said that the children of Hazara community are not able to go schools and colleges due to the fear of target killing. He asked the provincial government what it has done to stop these murders.
Justice Nisar further expressed solidarity with the victims and sought report from the Interior Ministry and law enforcement agencies.
Are the Hazara community members not Pakistanis? Is the government not responsible for providing them protection? he inquired.
Sit-in called-off
Earlier, Hazara community had ended their four-day long protest and hunger strike against the unabated target killings in Quetta, after meeting Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
The leaders of the community had met Gen Bajwa in Quetta and informed him about their concerns over the spate of target killings.
The top army official assured the community that while nothing can compensate the loss of dear ones, those who have targeted them shall suffer twice as much.
The Hazara community had demanded that the government should unveil all the target killers and arrest them along with restoring peace and stability in Quetta.
