Balochistan government on Wednesday announced the formation of an investigation team to probe the Quetta Police College carnage which left over 62 people dead and over a hundred others injured on Monday night. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Investigation Aitzaz Goraya will lead the investigation team. Deputy Inspector General Police Quetta Abdul Razzaq Cheema said, "The support of Punjab's forensic agency will also be sought."
"The team will visit the site of the carnage and speak to survivors of the tragedy to probe the incident," Cheema said. The team will soon submit its report to the Balochistan government. Earlier, Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri chaired apex committee meeting. Chief Minister's secretariat sources said that the meeting thoroughly discussed the law and order situation in the province, implementation of the National Action Plan, and the pace of intelligence-based operations in the province.
Meanwhile, markets and shopping centres remained closed in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan on the first of a three-day mourning period announced after Monday's carnage. A strike was called by nationalist and religious political parties to mourn those who lost their lives in the attack and pressure law enforcement agencies into taking action against the elements involved the carnage. The traders community of Quetta also expressed their support for the strike.
"We voluntarily closed our shops to mourn the killing of innocent cadets", Allah Dad Tareen, a central leader of Anjuman-e-Tajaran Balochistan said. Traffic remained thin in Quetta as result of shutter down strike. Police and Frontier Corps personnel have been deployed at all sensitive areas of Quetta to avert any untoward incident. Strikes were also being observed in Chaman, Pishin, Loralai and other parts of Balochistan.
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