Former Chief Justice Shot Dead In Terrorist Attack In Pakistan's Balochistan

A former excessive courtroom docket leader justice of Pakistan’s Balochistan province became shot lifeless out of doors a mosque on Friday, police officers stated. Assailants opened hearthplace at Muhammad Noor Meskanzai out of doors the mosque withinside the Kharan area, which left him gravely injured, Kharan Superintendent of Police Asif Halim advised Dawn. The former leader justice became taken to a close-by hospital, in which he died of his injuries, the file stated. Expressing condolences over the loss of life of the “fearless judge”, Balochistan leader minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo stated his offerings were “unforgettable”. Bizenjo stated that the “cowardly assaults of the enemies of peace can not intimidate the nation”. Maskanzai authored the landmark judgement that declared the Riba-primarily based totally banking machine in opposition to the Sharia. Quetta Bar Association (QBA) President Ajmal Khan Kakar additionally condemned Muskanzai’s killing. He stated each citizen of Pakistan became deeply saddened via way of means of the loss of life of the previous judge. “We strongly condemn this incident and call for that the killers should right now be arrest and taken to book,” Ajmal Kakar became quoted as announcing via way of means of Dawn.

This comes amid the deteriorating protection state of affairs withinside the country. Earlier this month, Pakistan’s State Minister for Law Shahadat Hussain conceded that terror sports had witnessed a pointy growth. The maximum wide variety of terror incidents in Pakistan this 12 months became recorded in September, stated an Islamabad-primarily based totally assume tank pointed to the resumption of assaults through the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The wide variety of terror assaults accelerated in September in comparison to August this 12 months, the Dawn stated in an in advance document mentioning the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS). September witnessed forty two terrorist assaults with an growth of 35 in step with cent in comparison to August. The Pakistani assume tank additionally found an growth of 106 in step with cent in violence in erstwhile Fata and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

In August this year, the assume tank stated the militants done 31 assaults throughout Pakistan, wherein 37 humans had been killed and fifty five others injured.