ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday took suo motu notice of the Islamabad district court attack and directed the Inspector General Islamabad and the Chief Commissioner Islamabad to present a report in this regard in the court tomorrow.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani will hear the case regarding the attack on March 4.
Earlier in the day, two unidentified assailants stormed courts in F-8 area of Islamabad while firing and hurling hand grenades. Later, the attackers blew them up. As a result, at least 11 persons including additional session judge Rafaqat Awan were killed.
The Inspector General Police Islamabad Sikandar Hayat told media that one suicide attacker attacked court of additional session judge‚ while the other hit a place near the office of bar association.
Hayat said that it seems that the attackers intended to free their arrested accomplices but they could not achieve their target. The IG said that two to three unidentified assailants opened fire in the court area.
The spokesperson of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the banned terror outfit which has claimed responsibility of so many terrorist attacks across the country and on Saturday announced one-month ceasefire with the government, Shahidullah Shahid announced that his group was not responsible for the attack.
