Jamaat e Islami secretary general Liaqat Baloch on Monday said it was strange that Interior Minister Rehman Malik could see the assailants of Malala sitting in Afghanistan, but was unable to trace the target killers in Karachi. Talking to different delegations at Mansoora, he said that terrorism and target killings were going on unabated in Karachi and Balochistan, and the government had completely failed to protect the life and property of the citizens. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and its allies in the government had done nothing to ease the sufferings of people of Karachi. He said despite law enforcement agencies knowing exactly who these target killers are, no action is being taken against them. Baloch said that according to the report presented in the Supreme Court, hardened and convicted criminals had been released on parole and sent abroad, and all record about their crimes had also been destroyed. All this could happen only with the connivance with the support of the rulers, he argued. The JI leader also feared sectarian violence at the time of Muharram with foreign backing. Strongly condemning the target killing of seminary students in Karachi, Baloch questioned why the government and the human rights bodies were silent on the issue.
