The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday took suo motu action against nonpayment of compensation to the victims of the 2017 bombing of Quetta’s Bethel Memorial Methodist Church by the Government of Balochistan.
The court has sent out a notice to the Quetta chief secretary and fixed the matter for hearing on May 11 at the Supreme Court’s Quetta registry.
Seperately, the CJP Saqib Nisar also took suo motu notice of the killing of six labourers in Kharan district of Balochistan.
Supreme Court (SC) issued notices to Balochistan chief secretary and Inspector General of Police (IGP) and will hear the case at Quetta Registry on May 11.
Meanwhile, the families of six slain labourers will receive their bodies on Saturday in Okara.
Slain labourers include Mohammad Shahzad, Fajhar Refeeq, Muhammad Waqas, Mazhar Fareed, Javed and Amanat. Out of these, Javed and Amanat were brothers.
The deceased were involved with the telecommunication company’s network installation and were working on a mobile tower.
The slain labourers did not have security and were working without a NOC [no objection certificate], according to Balochistan Levies.
Levies, Frontier Corps (FC) and civil administration officials inspected the site of the incident and shifted bodies of the deceased to Civil Hospital.
No group has claimed responsibility for the killings, but Balochistan is home to a long-running ethnic Baloch insurgency aimed at seeking greater control over the province’s abundant mineral resources.
Earlier this year, Muhammad Alam and Shah Nazar, members of Balochistan Constabulary (BC) were shot dead while they were on their way to work.
Similarly on May 13 last year, at least 10 people were killed and another was injured in two separate attacks in Balochistan near Gwadar.
