A complete strike was observed across Balochistan on Sunday against the murder of nine Shia Hazara citizens, while one more person was shot dead here in yet another incident of targeted killing.
All shops, businesses and markets remained closed in most districts of the province to protest against the murder of nine persons on Saturday.
An atmosphere of mourning and insecurity prevailed in the province, while heavy contingents of police and other law enforcement agencies kept patrolling the provincial capital and other parts of Balochistan to thwart any untoward incident.
Amid tight security in the provincial capital, several demonstrations were also taken out to protest against the barbaric act. Members of the Hazara Shia community, holding placards and banners inscribed with slogans calling for an end to targeted killings, took out several processions, and demanded the government to bring the attackers to justice.
The protestors also chanted slogans against law enforcement agencies over their failure to protect the lives of the citizens, and inability to arrest the people carrying out such attacks. They also criticized the “tall claims” of the provincial and federal governments of restoring writ in Balochistan.
They said that despite the Supreme Court’s (SC) orders, both the governments were not serious in making efforts to prevent sectarian attacks, and restore law and order in the restive province. The said the governments were merely using delaying tactics and verbal claims, further increasing the sense of insecurity among the people of province. Saadat Hazar, chieftain of the Hazara community, appealed to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to take notice of the bloodshed of the community. The Balochistan Shia Conference announced a three-day-mourning in the province.
ANOTHER KILLED: Meanwhile, unidentified miscreants shot dead one person in Kaley Sardar Bangalazai area of Sariyab Road. The body was shifted to hospital for postmortem.
Asif Zardari is the only president in Pakistan’s history who has donated his eyes. But people smell a conspiracy in this too. Some of the good things Zardari has done include: (1) Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), (2) Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan Package, (3) 43,800 acres of land distributed among landless peasants, (4) reinstatement of sacked employees in different government and semi-government departments, (5) minimum pay for labourers increased from Rs 4,600 to Rs 7,000, (6) political rights given to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan, (7) bills for women’s rights and empowerment, (8) 18th and 19th constitutional amendments, (9) combined NFC Award, (10) Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline agreement despite American opposition, (11) kicking out of the Saudi ambassador for distributing money to Islamist terrorists, (12) forcing the Americans to tie aid to Pakistan to the continuation of democracy (this is why the generals are mad at him), (13) devolution of governance to the provinces, and (14) extension of the Political Parties Act (PPA) to FATA. It is unfortunate that blind media and its blind followers never intended to give due credit to Zardari.
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