The judge ordere­d IG police to direct­ly look over the issueQUETTA: The Supreme Court on Friday said the Hazara killings were tantamount to ethnic cleansing. “This is a case of ethnic cleansing for which I had to take suo motu notice.”Advocate Iftikhar Ali, counsel for the Hazara community, presented his arguments before court. “We are responsible for ensuring safety of life and property of the Hazara community. “We have been subjected to target killings for the past 20 years, but the authorities have not apprehended anyone,” Ali argued. Two Hazara men shot dead in Quetta attackOn May 2, the CJP took suo motu notice of the continued attacks on the Hazara community.

Source: The Express Tribune May 11, 2018 08:37 UTC