Gunmen in military uniform forced in on passengers travelling in four buses on Karakoram Highway, from Rawalpindi to Gilgit. The militants hauled off passengers from buses and after checking their identity, those 16 found to be Shias were gunned down.
According to foreign new agencies the spokesman for the Jandullah faction of Taliban claimed the responsibility of gruesome murders. The militants who called themselves mujahideen are also killing the Shias in Balochistan. The Shias throughout the country have staged protested against this horrendous crime. One fails to understand as to why our intelligent agencies have failed to prevent such incidents? Why are they not able to find out who are the members of Jandullah group are and who is funding their activities of killing the peaceful citizens of Pakistan?
It is the prime responsibility of the government to protect the lives and properties of citizens, but is seems that the government has no political will and ability to stop the prevailing violence in the country.
Why is the civilian government not eliminating terrorism? Why is the government not activating the anti-terrorist force specifically with the responsibility of countering terrorism and sectarianism in the country, which is damaging the country economically and tarnishing its image in the world? Why the group of religious forces who have formed Difa-e-Pakistan Council is not condemning sectarian killing and playing its role to save the country from enemies working within the country before its can save the country from the foreign enemies?
S T HUSSAIN
Lahore
