Azad Adlia Zindabad: CJ takes notice of murder of Baloch leaders

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ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan Wednesday took sou moto notice on a news clipping appearing in Daily The News regarding murder of three Baloch Senators in Quetta.

The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ordered the Chief Secretary Balochistan to submit comments on this tragic incident.

While complying with the orders of this court, the Chief Secretary Balochistan in his comments stated that investigation of case was being supervised by senior Police Officer on the basis of data received through various agencies and that the Government of Balochistan has nominated a committee to carry out investigation strictly according to law.
Reportedly the High Court of Balochistan has also taken notice of this issue and a judicial High Court is in progress.

According to a the SCP press release, the apex court is pursuing the case vigorously with a view to keep a vigilant eye over the matter so that this Court may be apprised of the outcome of investigation and the real culprits be put to task.

The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry while showing great concern over the matter has been pleased to call follow up report.

The murdered leaders include Muneer Muhammed, Ghulam Muhammed Baloch and Sher Muhammed Baloch.
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madaboutlfc, here is something Imran khan along with others have accomplished in politics. I love this move by supreme court, it could only heal the wounds of Balochs. Love live Azad Adlia.

[Waseem]

Good on him, he was given huge support by millions of people and he needs to continue bringing justice to people of Pakistan.

Well done CJ.

[MIG]

Actual convictions are the other test.

BTW, what happened to the people in the flogging video?

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By Sohail Khan

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Tuesday observed nobody could be granted relief under the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) till the petitions challenging its legality were adjudicated.

The chief justice observed this during hearing of a review petition filed by a sacked DSP, Mehr Muhammad Baqir, who was sentenced by the accountability court on corruption charges. The decision was later upheld by the high court as well as the Supreme Court.

Other members of the bench included Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and Justice Chaudhry Ejaz Ahmed. The bench also directed the petitioner to bring his lawyer on June 10 so that his review petition could be decided.

Advocate Muhammad Ibrahim Satti, the counsel for the petitioner, requested the court to first decide his application in which a question had been raised whether or not a relief could be granted under the NRO on the review petition.

He said the court had further been requested in the application to provide relief to the petitioner under the NRO before touching his review petition. The court, however, rejected the request, saying the petitioner would first have to produce his lawyer to argue the review petition and later the court would hear his request about the relief under the NRO.

Ibrahim Satti told the court if it (the court) would first decide the review petition, the application for relief under the NRO would stand infructuous. The chief justice, however, observed the petitions challenging the legality of the NRO were pending before the court for adjudication, thus, nobody could be granted any relief under the NRO during pendency of these petitions. He further observed the petitioner had first filed the review petition and, thus, it would be decided first.

The main petition as well as the review petition of the convict (Baqir) was filed in the Supreme Court through Munir Bhatti, advocate, thus under the rules, Bhatti would have to argue on the review petition. Satti had filed the application for the petitioner for relief under the NRO. The NAB contended before the court that no one could be given any relief under the NRO at the stage of review of any case.