[DAWN] Chief Justice of Pakistain Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday took suo motu...a legal term, from the Latin. Roughly translated it means
I saw what you did, you bastard...
notice of the nonpayment of compensation to the affectees of the 2017 bombing of Quetta's Bethel Memorial Methodist Church by the Government of Balochistan...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
A SC blurb also noted that maintenance money for the church, which was announced by the federal government, has yet to be released.
The court has sent out a notice to the Quetta chief secretary and fixed the matter for hearing on May 11 at the Supreme Court's Quetta registry.
At least nine people were killed and 30 injured in a suicide kaboom on the church on December 17, 2017.
Two suicide attackers had struck while Sunday service was ongoing. There were 400 worshippers inside the church when the assault started.
The Bethel Memorial Church has also been the target of a terrorist attack in the past. Security had been beefed up for the church after the last attack, which occurred a few years ago. It is located in the city's
high-security zone.
Quotes are ours. Another of those terms that have a different meaning in Pakistain than anywhere else in the world.