Chief Justice takes suo motu notice of Gujrat tragedy

E-Paper | May 02, 2026

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took suo motu notice of the tragic explosion in a school van in the outskirts Gujrat on May 25 which had claimed the lives of at least 15 children, DawnNews reported.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry taking notice of the tragic incident fixed June 4 as the date of hearing over the case.

He also sought reports from Secretary Petroleum, Chief Secretary of Punjab,Punjab’s Secretary of transport department, Inspector General of Punjab police, and the administration of the concerned school.

At least 15 children and a teacher were burned to death in a village near Gujrat on Saturday when a faulty fuel system caused an explosion in a van which was transporting them to school.

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Parvez

May 29, 2013 02:18pm

................and then what ?????

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ishtiaq ahmad

May 29, 2013 02:53pm

atlast.. somebody is trying to do some preventive activity.

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ivehadit

May 29, 2013 04:06pm

The Chief Justice does all Pakistani's proud. Without oversight, Children are dying and it becomes one more passing piece of news. There need to be consequences for such a huge act of negligence where several children die and no one is responsible.

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Moiz

May 29, 2013 04:18pm

Chief Justice Sahib. You ensured completion of 5 years of most corrupt Government. You are done. Please no more suo moto notices. No more media hype.

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zeeshan

May 29, 2013 05:02pm

yeah!!! suo moto man is back.

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ikram

May 29, 2013 05:14pm

Big deal, all the supreme court got accomplished is the removal of one corrupt PM. The president is still there. Nothing will happen because non of those children were connected to any of the corrupt elite. Shame on all of us.

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Shahzad

May 29, 2013 07:51pm

CM sahib, this indeed is an unfortunate incident. But what will be the outcome of this suo motto? How about other pressing matters that the nation is facing, eg., vote rigging by your favorites, because of whom you put some unnecessary roadblocks on a democratically elected govt that instead of concentrating on running the business, they simply attended to you and nothing else! Besides, how about a suo motto on your son and your support in building his career?

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Cobrajock

May 29, 2013 08:54pm

@ishtiaq ahmad:........... yes at last he got hold of something to get his mug shot back in the media.

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Baber

May 30, 2013 01:37am

@ivehadit: The CJ is taking useless Sou Muto actions. What about the elections rigging? What about Nawaz's corruption? What about his own son's alleged crimes? These are stupid and useless Suo Muto's to keep the common person (who cannot think independently) happy!

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Tari

May 30, 2013 04:50am

Is that Indian Gujrat or Pakistani Gujrat Mr. Chief Justice.

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