QUETTA, Sept 22: Taking suo motu notice of the Ganjidori incident in which 26 Hazara tribesmen were gunned down in Mastung on Sept 20, Balochistan High Court (BHC) Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa issued on Thursday notices to several officials and fixed Sept 26 for hearing the case.

The notices were issued to the interior secretary, home secretary, inspector- general of police, Frontier Corps IG, Kalat commissioner, Mastung deputy commissioner and Levies Force DG.

DEMONSTRATION: Meanwhile, women belonging to the Hazara tribe and activists of the Hazara Students Federation held demonstrations in protest against the killings.

The protesters carrying placards and banners called upon the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo motu notice of the incident.

They had gathered outside the press club and raised slogans against the government and law-enforcement agencies.

The protesters said the government had failed to protect the lives of the Hazara tribe and law-enforcement personnel were least interested in arresting the killers.

They claimed that about 600 Hazara tribesmen had died over the past several years in acts of target killings in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan.