Senate body condemns terrorist attack in Quetta

SLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Interior has strongly condemned the terrorist attack of Bomb blast at Sabzi Mandi, Hazarganji, Quetta, on Friday, wherein initially 20 innocent people were martyred and dozens injured.

The Senate committee on Interior sought report from Government of Balochistan on the incident and announced that the next of the Committee will be held in Quetta to get briefing on the killing of people of Hazara Community.

The committee expressed grief over the loss of human lives and expressed sympathies with the families of those who were martyred. On the serious concerns shown by the members of the committee, Senator Rehman Malik, directed that the next meeting of the committee will be held in Quetta specifically on the agenda of killing of people from Hazara community.

He directed the Ministry of Interior to submit a comprehensive report on Quetta blast and also apprise the committee about the actions so far taken against the terrorists and banned outfits involved in Hazara Killings. He also directed to submit a report about the release of activists of banned outfits in near past in Balochistan.

Senator Rehman Malik constituted a subcommittee to be headed by Senator Kalsoom Parveen to conduct meeting with Nadra and formulate necessary recommendation. Briefing and report by Sindh Police on death of five persons in Qasr-e-Naz, Karachi: The committee considered the matter of death of five persons, including four children and their mother hailing from the Province of Balochistan in Qasr-e-Naz, Karachi.

The DIG Police, Sindh briefed the Committee about the incident wherein he stated that the Police rushed to the crime scene after the incident reported to the Police Department. He said that initially along with Sindh Food Authority the death was investigated for food poisoning and all the related persons were taken into custody. However, later on, some white powder was found in the room which was identified as Phosphine. He informed the committee that the actual cause of death of the children and mother was the phosphine chemical which was used for the purpose of fuming in the room. He stated that so far nine people are taken into custody and the Police is further investigating the matter.