ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar on Saturday took notice of the attack on at least 12 girls’ schools by unidentified miscreants in Chilas on Thursday night and ordered government, Secretary Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) to submit a report regarding the incident within the next 48 hours
Furthermore, the CJP also asked the secretary interior to submit a report. According to a spokesperson of the AJK and GB government, four suspects have been arrested after raids in the Tanager and Daryal areas of GB. Earlier, the caretaker prime minister Justice (retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk has ordered relevant authorities to submit a report on the attack on girls’ schools in Chilas.
Strongly condemning the attack, PM Mulk said that those involved in the incident will be held accountable. Some 12 girls’ schools were attacked in Chilas, about 130 kilometres from Gilgit on Thursday night, police sources said, adding that the suspects were unidentified men who targetted educational institutes across Diamer district and damaged school property.
The attackers also torched some items in the schools, sources informed, adding that explosions were also set off in two schools. Police subsequently started a search operation in the area to arrest those responsible.
INP