Balochistan High Court’s Justice Muhammad Swat has been appointed “as Judicial Commission for conducting inquiry into the killing of persons in Ziarat Operation,” reads a notification issued by the Home and Tribal Affairs Department, Government of Balochistan.
The commission, formed under Balochistan Tribunals of Inquiry Ordinance,
1969, has the mandate to ascertain whether the people killed in Ziarat operation were mission person or not, according to the notification issued on July 28, 2022.
It will submit a report within 30 days of formation of the commission.
The Balochistan Government decided to form the commission after Home Minister Ziaullah Lango claimed that four-five suspects killed during the action were on the missing persons’ list.
The security forces conducted the operation to trace the suspects behind the killing of Lt-Colonel Laiq and his cousin Umar Rehman in Ziarat.
According to the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations, Lt-Col Laiq Baig Mirza and his cousin had travelled to Ziarat to visit Quaid-e-Azam’s residency there on July 12.
