Islamabad: A case has been lodged against Baloch leaders Mir Suleman Daud Ahmedzai and Mohd Aslam Bhotani in connection with a bomb blast outside the residence of a district officer in February.

The two Baloch leaders have openly criticised the Pakistan's army air strike in Dera Bugti in August which left their leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti dead and are planning to approach the International Court of Justice against Islamabad's alleged violation of a 1947 agreement on merger of Balochistan province.

Official media reports here said that Khan Kalat, Mir Suleman Daud Ahmedzai and Deputy Speaker Balochistan Assembly Mohammad Bhotani has been named by District Coordination Officer, Dera Bugti, Abdul Samad Lasi in connection with a bomb blast outside his house in Hub town.

While naming the two in the case, Lasi claimed that the blast had caused him serious financial loss.

Lasi said he could not record his statement earlier as he could not visit his residence in Hub during the last ten months due to his official engagements in Dera Bugti."My house was closed during this period as I had shifted all my family members to Karachi after the blast", he was quoted by the state-run APP news agency as saying.

Pakistani security forces yesterday registered a case of treason against one of the grandsons of slain Baloch nationalist leader for speaking against the Army and the Government.