Wani case: SC orders to produce girls, tribal elders

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Wani case: SC orders to produce girls, tribal elders

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DC Dera Bugti Syed Faisal Shah informed the court that no evidence had been found.

11 October,2012 01:30 pm

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that the girls and jirga members involved in the Dera Bugti wani incident be presented in the court at earliest, Dunya News reported.A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the case at the Supreme Court’s Quetta registry.During the hearing, DC Dera Bugti Syed Faisal Shah informed the court that no evidence had been found regarding the incident and nobody is willing to cooperate in the investigation.On this, Chief Justice expressed anger over Sarfaraz Bugti’s statement, saying that he has made a false claim.Sarfaraz Bugti, the man who claimed the wani incident happened, still claimed it happened in the same area. He added that people in the area were tooafraid to speak out due to pressure of MPA Tariq Masoor, who chaired the tribal meeting.Later, the chief justice asked Bugti to bring those involved to the court.The bench had taken a suo motu notice of a jirga which was reportedly held in Dera Bugti district and had decided that 13 minor girls be married under the custom of ‘wani’ to resolve a blood feud between two tribes.