10 nominated in Quetta killings

Published March 6, 2004

QUETTA, March 5: The Shia Conference of Balochistan and the people of the Hazara tribe, including heirs of the Quetta killings victims, jointly lodged a report on Friday with the City police station , nominating 10 people in connection with the incident.

Representatives of both the groups, police said, visited the police station and handed over a written complaint to the SP, City, calling for registration of an FIR in this regard. The 10 people nominated by them included leaders of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba, senior officials of the Anti-Terrorist Force and other police officers.

SP City Israr Abbasi, while confirming that a written reported had been filed by the people of the Hazara tribe, said that a decision regarding FIR registration had not yet been taken, adding a decision in this regard would be taken by senior officials.

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