Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi said on Sunday that the deadly blast in Quetta was a evidence of the intelligence agencies’ failure to provide security to the citizens.
Terror came back to haunt the members of the Hazara community on Saturday when a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laded water tanker in a packed bazaar at HazaraTown. The death toll mounted to 83 on Sunday with over 190 injured.
Speaking to the media after visiting the victims at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), he said the intelligence agencies were either fearful of the terrorists or were impotent to fight the menace. “We are making our all out efforts to maintain peace and law-enforcement agencies have been given a free hand, but not tracking down the culprits despite all recourses is obviously their failure,” said the head of Balochistan where governor’s rule was imposed last months after the death of 100 people in three consecutive blasts in Quetta. Magsi announced Sunday a day of mourning over the incident.
A shutter down strike is being observed in the provincial capital and other parts of Balochistan to mourn Saturday’s deadly blast. The strike call was given by Majlis-e-Wahdat-ul-Muslimeen (MWM), Hazara Democratic Party, Shia Ulema Council, Quetta Yakjehti Council, Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Fiqah Jafria, Balochistan Shia Conference and others.
The governor also announced Rs 1 million for the families of the dead.