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Judge, aide shot dead in Quetta
By Saleem Shahid
The two were killed close to the grid station on Quetta’s Sairab Road on Friday, DawnNews reported. — Reuters
QUETTA: A judge and his aide were gunned down, and 17 people were injured in bomb and grenade attacks in various parts of Balochistan on Friday, police sources said.
Ziaullah, the judge of a Qazi court in Dasht, was coming to Quetta along with his Reader Abdul Khaliq Dehwar in his official vehicle when attackers on a motorbike fired at them near the Wapda grid station on Sariab Road.
The two were seriously injured and died on way to the civil hospital. Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Amanullah Yasinzai and a large number of lawyers visited the hospital and condemned the terrorist act. Lawyers’ associations have announced a boycott of courts on Saturday.DAWN: Friday, 19 Jun, 2009
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