Chief Justice begins hearing Hazara killings suo moto case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court began hearing the Hazara killings suo motu case with the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heading the bench.

During proceedings the Chief Justice remarked, that 89 people of the Hazara community were killed in Saturday's bombing, and a similar explosion had occurred earlier as well. The Chief Justice asked the Balochistan Advocate General how many accused had been arrested?

The Chief Justice added that the Supreme Court would not issue orders to call the army into Balochistan and if the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi was behind the attacks they should be arrested.

The Chief Justice said that the government remained inactive and asked the AG if this was the performance of the government? He further added that Article 9 of the constitution not being followed.