Islamabad, May 02, 2018 (PPI-OT): The Honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has taken notice of terrorist attacks on Hazara community. The notice was taken during the course of hearing of other cases. The Hon’ble Chief Justice of Pakistan observed, “it has been pointed out by the members of the Bar and it has widely been published in the news media that during the last several years, the Hazara community living in Quetta has been a target of repeated terrorist attacks driven by ethnic and sectarian hatred.
According to a report by the National Commission for the Human Rights released in March this year, the Hazara community has suffered 509 killings done in Quetta city during the last five years, January, 2012 to December, 2017. During the month of April, 2018 alone, there have been four separate terrorist attacks on Hazara men resulting in the death of six persons. The right to life is the most sacred human right guaranteed by Article 9 of the Constitution.
This right has been violated with impunity by miscreants against the small and dwindling community which is otherwise peaceful and law abiding. There has been failure by the law enforcement agencies of the State to protect the fundamental rights of this community. Such a state of affairs affects the fear and indemnity of Shia community in Pakistan and represents a matter of great public importance”.
Taking Suo Motu notice of such an alarming situation, Honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan issued notices to the Government of Baluchistan through its Chief Secretary and Home Secretary, its IGP, Frontier Constabulary, the Government of Pakistan through the Interior Secretary and the Secretary Ministry of Defence for filing their reports within 10 days, on measures taken by the respective forces and agencies under their charge to ensure the security of Hazara community in Quetta and also to report causes for their failure to safeguard the lives of the members of the Hazara community.
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