Chief Justice of Pakistan takes suo motu notice of Shia Hazara killings in Quetta

Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar took on Wednesday suo motu notice of the targeted killings of the Hazara Shia Muslims in Quetta.

“Their killers are openly holding rallies,” the chief justice remarked during a hearing, noting that the Shia Hazaras do not get admission in universities, cannot go to schools and hospitals.
“Are they not citizens of Pakistan,” he remarked.
The chief justice stated that he will hear the case on May 11 in Quetta.
The Supreme Court summoned a report on the matter from the Balochistan government, Levies, police and Interior Ministry.
“Hazaras are scared and have thus not submitted a request to the apex court,” he noted further.
A string of successive incidents of targeted killings spread a wave of terror among citizens of Quetta.
At least six people were killed and three wounded in different incidents of targeted killings in the provincial capital over the last few days.
As a result, members of the Hazara community began protesting against the continued spate of killings against the Shia Hazara community. Apart from the sit-in outside the assembly by MWM’s leader who happens to be Balochistan Law Minister Agha Raza, a social activist Advocate Jalila Haider-led hunger strike was also being staged by Hazara community women outside the Quetta Press Club.
The protesters wished for an immediate end to targeting killings of Hazara Shia community members and arrest of every culprit involved in the heinous acts.
On Wednesday, Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar took suo motu notice of the targeted killings.