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Balochistan case: SC summons AG on Tuesday
QUETTA: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry resumed hearing on the constitutional petition regarding the law and order situation in Balochistan and other cases, and summoned the attorney general tomorrow, Geo News reported.
Balochistan High Court Bar Association has filed the petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan, heard by a three-member bench headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan with Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Jawwad S Khwaja as members.
During today’s hearing, the Chief Justice inquired about the delegation of policing powers to the Frontier Corps (FC). He inquired what the police had been doing and why had the FC been delegated policing powers when there were already allegations against it.
Moreover, the Chief Justice said that smuggled cars were being used in Balochistan and that people were openly carrying arms.
He said that the concerned authorities were not taking any serious action and were just doing the lip service. Due to the deteriorating condition of law and order, people were forced to migrate towards Punjab, Sindh and other areas.
At one occasion, the Chief Justice inquired about the attorney general’s absence. Justice Khwaja also expressed displeasure over his absence and non-serious behaviour.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry then summoned the attorney general for Tuesday’s hearing.
The bench in its previous hearing took serious notice of increasing number of missing persons, incidence of kidnapping for ransom, street and other henious crimes across the province and directed the quarters concerned for taking concrete measures for restoring peace across the province.
Courtesy www.geo.tv