BHC takes suo motu notice of Mastung firing incident

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Shia Muslims offer funeral prayers for their community members in Quetta on September 21, 2011, after their killing by gunmen in Mastung.—AFP

QUETTA:Chief Justice Balochistan High Court Qazi Faez Isa on Thursday took suo motu notice of the Ganjidori incident in which 26 people were killed in an attack on a passenger bus on September 20.

The court  has issued notices to Government of Balochistan through Secretary Home and Tribal affairs, Government of Pakistan through Secretary Interior, Provincial Police chief, Inspector general Frontier corps, Commissioner Kalat Division, Deputy Commissioner Kalat and Director General Levies.

The hearing would begin on September 26.

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