ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan, Anwar Zaheer Jamali, took suo moto notice of the Quetta blast incident and issued notices to several government officials to present themselves on September 20.
According to a note by the Registrar office, the Quetta blast incident had raised some serious questions as far as government was concerned. The note further said that the bomb blast was carried out with precision and after thorough planning.
The notices were issued by the Chief Justice to IG, Chief Secretary and Advocate General Balochistan, to present themselves for the hearing of the suo moto notice to be held on September 20. The Pakistan Bar Council and former Chief Justice Ifitkhar Muhammad Chaudhry had written a letter to the Chief Justice to take the suo moto notice.
On August 8, a bomb blast had struck Quetta Civil Hospital and claimed the lives of more than seventy people and injured scores of others. Balochistan Bar Association President Bilal Anwar Kasi was shot to death earlier. Numerous lawyers were killed in the attack, who had arrived at the hospital as Kasi's corpse was brought to the hospital.
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