Senator Mushtaq Ahmed urges SC to take notice of Barkhan incident to provide justice to victims & hold criminals accountable

ISLAMABAD, Mar 29 (SABAH): Jamaat-e-Islami senior leader Senator Mushtaq Ahmed Khan has demanded of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to take notice of Barkhan incident in an effort of providing justice to the affected family and giving punishment to the people involved in the heinous crime.

Senator Mushtaq Ahmed expressed these views while addressing a press conference along with members of the affected family of Barkhan incident. He further stated that on his suggestion the Senate’s committee on interior has unanimously recommended to confer a superior civil award upon Ameero Bibi who at first recorded and then brought to light the video of the tragic incident.

During the proceedings of Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior, Senator Mushtaq Ahmed deplored that inspector general Balochistan admitted that the incident could be thwarted through the time action but all the state institutions and police put deaf ears to this tragic incident to let it take place. He said this incident signals that there is different law as well as the country for the poor and the rich.

The tragic incident came to media light after bullet-riddled bodies of Marri’s family members were found in a well in Barkhan. Abdul Rehman Khetran was behind the killing. He also said that Khetran kept other members of his family in a private jail.

The horrendous incident of three murders took place days after a video of a woman [Marri’s wife, Giran Naz] with the Holy Quran in her hands was released on social media. In the video, the woman claimed that she and her children were detained by Khetran. She pleaded with the people to get her and her children freed.

Taking action in the dark hours of February 23, the Levies personnel recovered Marri’s wife Giran Naz — who had been presumed dead — and their five children including a girl, allegedly abducted by Khetran. The operation was conducted in light of Khan Muhammad’s allegations.

During the search operations, Naz along with her children Farzana, Abdul Majeed, Abdul Ghaffar, Imran, and Abdul Sattar were recovered, the Levies officials said.