QUETTA – Balochistan High Court has asked the provincial government to submit written reply regarding the reasons for not allowing Jamhoori Watan Party Provincial President Shahzain Bugti, his brother and other family members including females to go their ancestral town of Dera Bugti.
The Vacation Judge Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mengal ordered Thursday for seeking clarification on the writ petition of Shahzain Bugti who was bent upon to go to Dera Bugti along with his brother and family members besides hundreds of tribesmen. The government of Balochistan under section 5 of Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) restricted the movement of Shahzain and his brother Gwaram Bugti to his residence when they announced a long march towards Dera Bugti for the rehabilitation of hundreds of Bugti families up rotted in military operation in Musharraf’s era.
The court ordered to issue the notices to the government of Balochistan and expressed its displeasure over lack of information on government’s side and asked the Additional Advocate General Abdul Aziz Khilji to make preparations before the next appearance on February, 7.
The court also ordered to seek separate clarification from police and home department for not allowing Shahzain’s family members to go to Dera Bugti in the absence of any restriction on their movement.
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