People dying in Balochistan while chief secretary visiting US: SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday observed that the Balochistan chief secretary was visiting the US while people in the province were dying.

The apex court gave these remarks when it was informed that the meeting of the chief secretary, the counsel for the FC Irfan Qadir, the Crime Investigation Department (CID) and Balochistan Advocate General Nizamud Din could not be held as the chief secretary had proceeded on a visit to the US.

A two-member bench of the apex court comprising Justice Amir Hani Muslim and Justice Mushir Alam was hearing the cases on the law and order situation in Balochistan, missing persons and the Khuzdar mass grave.

The court asked the Balochistan government what the solution of missing persons issue was and directed the chief secretary to submit a detailed report in this regard in the first week of April.

The court also directed the chief secretary, the counsel for FC Irfan Qadir, the Crime Investigation Department (CID) and Balochistan Advocate General Nizamud Din to hold a meeting and decide how to proceed against the army officers, allegedly involved in the enforced disappearances of the people in Balochistan.

The court also directed the Punjab advocate general to appear on the next date of hearing and explain why a long time was required for finalising the DNA report of the bodies found from a mass grave in the Khuzdar district.

During the proceedings, the Balochistan Home Secretary, Asad Gilani, informed the court that 14 samples had been taken and now they had to be matched and it would take at least four to five months.

It means that the bodies would not be buried till the DNA report, Justice Amir Hani Muslim observed.The home secretary, however, replied that two persons had been identified and other bodies would be handed over after their identification.

The advocate general said that the samples had been sent to the Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PSFA), Lahore, for DNA tests, which had told them that it would take four to five months to finalise the DNA report.

The court asked the Balochistan advocate general as to why the meeting of the provincial chief secretary, advocate general and counsel for the FC Irfan Qadir was not held.The Balochistan AG said that March 24 was fixed for the meeting but the prime minister called the chief secretary to Islamabad.

Justice Hani said that the meeting could have been held on the next day. However, the advocate general said after that, the secretary had flown to the US and was still in America.The court observed that on March 7, it directed the chief secretary, advocate general and FC counsel Irfan Qadir to hold a meeting on the missing persons’ issue.

Irfan Qadir, however, informed the court that he had talked to the chief secretary on phone. The court observed as to how the meeting could be held on phone.Meanwhile, the court directed the Balochistan chief secretary to hold a meeting on his return from the US and adjourned the hearing for two weeks.

Salman Khan's body double injured while filming Kick in Delhi

Salman Khan

 

When you'll watch the high-octane chase between Salman Khan and Randeep Hooda in Sajid Nadiadwala's forthcoming film Kick, if you don't read this, little will you know what happened to the guy who kicked off the scene for Salman.

This guy, who goes by just his first name Ajay in the industry, landed himself in the hospital with serious facial injuries. The incident happened in Delhi last week.

Nadiadwala had rented a row house near a railway track. Ajay (one of Salman's body doubles) was supposed to jump from the first floor of the house onto the railway track. The scene then required Salman (not Ajay) to get onto a moving train with Randeep Hooda (who plays a cop) close on his heels. Ajay went through the sugar glass (a brittle transparent form of sugar used in place of glass) but the timing went wrong and many broken pieces of the glass pierced his face.

Salman and Nadiadwala both rushed to Ajay and the latter immediately arranged for a car to drive him to a hospital. The shooting was called off for the day.

"Salman has four body doubles specialising in different kinds of action for Kick as the movie has several deadly stunts. It would be foolish for Salman to risk his life all the time. What happened was unfortunate," an eyewitness told Mirror.

Till the time of going to the press, Ajay had not returned to the sets. Mirror has learnt that the scene was wrapped up the next day by one of the other three body doubles working on the film.

Randeep Hooda will compete in equestrian Nationals while filming Kick

Randeep Hooda is in Delhi. And so are his five horses. They were loaded on a truck from the race course here on Thursday night and will arrive in the capital today. However, this has nothing to do with Sajid Nadiadwala's directorial debut, Kick, for which the actor is currently shooting.

"I wouldn't mind doing a film revolving around horses but I wouldn't dilute my equity just sitting on one," says Randeep, who intends to take part in the National Equestrian Championship which flags off on March 11, in two categories, show jumping and dressage.

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"With all the shoots and promotions, I haven't got much practise but I'm sure I won't embarrass myself," asserts Randeep who has bagged national honours in dressage, adding that the idea is not to just bag more medals though he's hoping for some. "When my best horse, who has since retired from competition, was in peak form, I had no money to take part in the competition. Now that I have some money, I want to participate. There is no life without sport and no sport without competition," says Randeep, who has been training with his horses for seven years.

The horses will be at the Army Polo and Riding Club which isn't too far from Janpath where he is staying. Randeep plans to wake up by 4 am and train with his horses, followed by another session after pack-up. "I won't be sleeping much for the next 10-12 days. I've told Sajid bhai that I'll be taking part in the Nationals and he has no objections," he says. The actor has been earning rave reviews for his performance in Highway.

"So many women want to get abducted by me now," he laughs. Will Kick be as big a kick? "It's a different film in terms of genre and mounting with a superstar. The film revolves around Salman (Khan), Jacqueline (Fernadez) and me. It will undoubtedly get a bigger audience than Highway. Yes, I'm pretty kicked," he signs off.