ISLAMABAD: National Assembly (NA) standing committee on human rights
has rejected Balochistan police briefing on Kharotabad incident and
constituted a 4-member sub committee to ascertain the facts.
NA Committee met here Wednesday under its chairman Riaz Fatyana in parliament house.
Giving
briefing on Kharotabad incident IG Balochistan told all the five
persons killed during firing b y FC were terrorists. He stated that
hand grenades and state of the art arms were recovered from the
possession of these terrorists.
Committee members while
expressing surprise over police briefing said if the aliens were
possessing arms then as to why they did not resort to counter attack on
police.
Committee member Capt Safdar told police was enacting drama to save them. The victims were innocent.
Committee
describing IG Police Balochistan briefing ridiculous rejected it and
constituted a sub committee comprising Farah Naz Isphahani, Dr Attia
Inayat Ullah and Mustafa Khokhar to ascertain facts.
DG Civil
Aviation told the committee with reference to payment of compensation
to affected families of Air Blue aircraft crash that Air Blue had
announced to pay Rs 550000 each to the legal heirs of victims of the
plane. So far Rs 550000 per each had been disbursed among 146 families.
Air Blue was to pay more Rs 5 million each on account of insurance but
the payment had been made to only 53 families.
He further told that report on plane crash had been sent to defence ministry and it would soon be presented to Prime Minster.
Committee
directed defence ministry to present inquiry committee report to it
within a month besides expressing concern over non-payment of
compensation to affected families despite lapse of one year. Online
