ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday took suo moto notice of the attack on 12 girls’ schools in Chilas.
The chief justice ordered the federal government and the secretary Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) to submit a report regarding the incident within next 48 hours.
CJP Nisar also ordered the secretary interior to submit a report.
Earlier, caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk ordered the authorities to submit a report on the attack on girls’ schools.
While the law enforcement agencies are yet to identify those involved in attacking and torching 12 girls’ schools including two Army Public Schools (APS) in Diamer district of Gilgit Baltistan, sources claim that locals were used for the shameful incidents as no one has been arrested so far.
Police confirmed that unidentified assailants burned down the schools, at least half of which are girls-only schools, in Chilas on Thursday night, adding that there was no loss of life as the schools were closed at the time.
Explosions were also set off in at least two schools,” a police official said, adding that in some cases, books had also been thrown outside the schools and set alight.
The damaged schools include Girls Primary School located in Ronay, Chilas, Girls School Takya, Social Action Programme (SAP) Primary School in Hudur area, Army Public School, Darel Tehsil, Primary School in Tabor village of Darel Valley, SAP Primary School in Tabor, Darel, APS in Tangir Valley (adjacent to Diamer, sharing borders with Kohistan district of KP), Girls Primary School Sheegay Manikal, Darel Valley, Girls Primary School Galee Bala, Tangir Valley, Primary School Galee Bala, Tangir Valley, Girls Primary School Khanbary, and Girls Primary School Gyal village.
‘LOCALS, NOT TALIBAN’:
Diamer Commissioner Syed Abdul Waheed Shah told a private news channel that no arrests have been made so far. He said police were investigating the incident and an FIR [First Information Report] would be registered.
The commissioner revealed that attempts were made to blow up two schools using explosives, while 11 schools were set on fire.
There are no Taliban militants in the area, however, extremists who oppose female education are present, Shah disclosed.
According to a local journalist Meraj Alam, residents of the area are largely tight-lipped as they know who are behind such attacks. “No one can flee easily from the area after such attacks as the schools attacked by the unidentified men are very adjacent to the houses of local residents. Attacks on different girls’ schools in different villages, towns and cities of the district took place simultaneously which is a clear indication that the elements within the local residents were motivated against female education and they are behind the attacks,” he said.
from Pakistan Today
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