The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Thursday ordered the administration of district Killa Saifullah to register a First Information Report (FIR) against the principal and a clerk of Government Girls Degree College Muslim Bagh in connection with the suicide of student Saqiba Kakar.
The FIR was registered on behalf of brother of Saqiba Kakar under Section 322.
Kakar, a 17-year-old second year intermediate student, who led a protest against suspension of classes at her college owing to a shortage of female teachers allegedly committed suicide two weeks ago after the college principal refused to send her examination form to the intermediate education board.
The girls who staged the protest were not allowed to sit their final exams, sources in the college had confirmed, but after they submitted formal apologies, the school administration pardoned all students except Saqiba who, in her disappointment, took her own life, her brother alleged.
BHC Judge Shakil Baloch passed the order on an application submitted by Kakar’s family and the court ordered district administration to produce a copy of the FIR before the BHC during the next hearing of the case.
Kakar’s relatives and other female students had staged a protest outside the BHC earlier on Wednesday demanding registration of a case against the college principal and a clerk, before submitting an application in court regarding the case.
During Thursday’s hearing, officials apprised the court on the ongoing investigation into the circumstances that led the student to commit suicide.
Secretary Education Balochistan Saboor Kakar told the court, “We have already suspended the principal and a clerk of Government Girls Degree College Muslim Bagh in this case.”
Balochistan Education Minister Rahim Ziaratwal earlier said that a three-member committee had been formed to investigate the ‘tragic incident’.
Secretary Home Department Akbar Durrani and other senior officials also appeared before the court.
During Thursday’s hearing, officials apprised the court on the ongoing investigation into the circumstances that led the student to commit suicide.
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