QUETTA, April 28 The Balochistan High Court has asked police to thoroughly investigate the murder of Prof Nazima Talib of Balochistan University who was gunned down on Tuesday.

Taking suo motu notice of the case on Wednesday, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Qazi Faez Issa and Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar said police should spare no efforts in apprehending the perpetrators of the crime.

Additional Advocate-General Nasrullah Achakzai filed a report on progress made in the case and the minutes of a meeting at the home department which discussed the killing in considerable detail.