A terrorist attack on members of the Hazara community in the ground and adjacent cemetery in Hazara Town of Quetta left eight dead and 15 wounded. People were taking an early morning stroll, playing sports in the ground or praying at the graves of dead relatives in the adjoining cemetery when the attack took place. Preliminary police investigation reveals it was a sectarian attack. The audacity with which this attack has been carried out boggles the mind. In a highly coordinated assault, after firing rockets from the nearby mountains, about a dozen terrorists appeared on the site in vehicles, lobbed hand grenades and started indiscriminate firing. This continued for about 20 minutes before they fled, leaving behind a trail of blood and gore. The death toll could have been much higher had this happened in an enclosed compound instead of an open ground. According to media reports, banned sectarian outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has claimed responsibility for this incident. In reaction, the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party and Hazara Democratic Party observed a shutter-down strike in Quetta.
Extremist Wahabi outfits such as Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-e-Sahaba consider Shias wajib-ul-qatl (worthy of murder). The Hazaras are a Shia community straddling Pakistan and Afghanistan. This is not the first time that they have been targeted due to their religious orientation. There is so much fanatical hatred amongst these extremist groups that it really does not matter to them if they are killing unarmed innocent people, including women and children, as long as the targeted persons fit their description of being ‘infidels’. It is alarming that, despite being banned, these outfits are operating with impunity in the length and breadth of Pakistan. Strangely, in a highly sensitive area such as Quetta, which is in the grip of an insurgency, no prior intelligence was available to law enforcement agencies about this attack. Frontier Corp and intelligence agencies have gained notoriety for their highhandedness in dealing with Balcoh activists, whom they illegally detain, torture and murder. How is it possible that they did not know of the presence of sectarian outfits and their activities in the area? Where was the police when this was happening? It is time the law enforcement agencies revamped their priorities and focused on protecting the citizens by rooting out militant sectarian networks and remaining vigilant about any such presence in their area. Otherwise, violence will not stop here. *
Source,
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C05%5C08%5Cstory_8-5-2011_pg3_1
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Quetta city closed to mourn killing of people
Posted on May 8, 2011
QUETTA (INP): Quetta city observed a shutter down on Saturday to condemn the killing of six people and injuries to 10 others in Hazara Town which had been termed an apparent sectarian attack by the locals.
The Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) and the Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) gave the strike call, which was supported by the Baloch National Party, the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf, the Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and traders union.
Jinnah Road, Circular Road, Shahrah-e-Iqbal, Liaquat Bazaar, Prince Road, Abdul Sattar Road, Maykangi Road, Kansi Road, Airport Road, Zarghun Road, Almo Chowk, Ispny Road, Pashtun Abad, Almdar Road, , Jinnah Town, Shahbaz Town, Hazara and small and big trading centres in other areas of the city remained closed.
Six people were killed and 10 others wounded in firing and rocket attacks in Hazara Town, Brewery Road area on Friday early in the morning when people were taking morning exercise.
A banned militant group Laskhar-e-Jhangvi had claimed responsibility of the attack. Preliminary investigations by the police have confirmed this was a sectarian incident.
Police officials said dozens of people belonging to the Hazara community were busy in taking their morning walk at around 6:30am at a ground adjacent to the Hazara Town graveyard when unidentified armed men riding two pick-ups arrived and fired three rockets and opened indiscriminate firing.
The people who went on protest and shutter down have demanded of the government to nab the culprits and save the city from such terror incidents in future.
Meanwhile, funeral prayers of those killed in the Friday ambush were offered and were laid to rest in the Hazara graveyard.
However, FIR of the incident has not been lodged because SHO Ameer Mohammad Dashti of Barvari Police Station was also injured in the assault on Friday and was under treatment in hospital.
Source,
http://www.thefrontierpost.com/?p=11391
QUETTA (INP): Quetta city observed a shutter down on Saturday to condemn the killing of six people and injuries to 10 others in Hazara Town which had been termed an apparent sectarian attack by the locals.
The Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) and the Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) gave the strike call, which was supported by the Baloch National Party, the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf, the Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and traders union.
Jinnah Road, Circular Road, Shahrah-e-Iqbal, Liaquat Bazaar, Prince Road, Abdul Sattar Road, Maykangi Road, Kansi Road, Airport Road, Zarghun Road, Almo Chowk, Ispny Road, Pashtun Abad, Almdar Road, , Jinnah Town, Shahbaz Town, Hazara and small and big trading centres in other areas of the city remained closed.
Six people were killed and 10 others wounded in firing and rocket attacks in Hazara Town, Brewery Road area on Friday early in the morning when people were taking morning exercise.
A banned militant group Laskhar-e-Jhangvi had claimed responsibility of the attack. Preliminary investigations by the police have confirmed this was a sectarian incident.
Police officials said dozens of people belonging to the Hazara community were busy in taking their morning walk at around 6:30am at a ground adjacent to the Hazara Town graveyard when unidentified armed men riding two pick-ups arrived and fired three rockets and opened indiscriminate firing.
The people who went on protest and shutter down have demanded of the government to nab the culprits and save the city from such terror incidents in future.
Meanwhile, funeral prayers of those killed in the Friday ambush were offered and were laid to rest in the Hazara graveyard.
However, FIR of the incident has not been lodged because SHO Ameer Mohammad Dashti of Barvari Police Station was also injured in the assault on Friday and was under treatment in hospital.
Source,
http://www.thefrontierpost.com/?p=11391
Saturday, May 7, 2011
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Bamyan lies at the crossing of ancient trade routes which traversed the Hindu Kush from north to south and east to west, linking Central Asia, India and Iran. Approaching by road you cross the bleak Shibar Pass, then pass through precipitous gorges until suddenly a lost world opens up before you...
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MQM condemns Quetta attack
By our correspondent
Karachi
The MQM has condemned the terrorist attack in Hazara Town area of Quetta, the capital of the Balochistan province. Members of the MQM Rabita Committee expressed grief over the death the people in the incident on Friday, and termed the attack an attempt to spreading sectarian violence in the city. They said that the people involved in killing of innocent people are enemies of Islam and humanity. They demanded of President Asif Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik to take immediate notice of the attack and take measures to stop such attacks. They condoled with family members of those who lost their lives in the attack and prayed for the early recovery of the injured.
Source,
http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=45513&Cat=4&dt=5/7/2011
Karachi
The MQM has condemned the terrorist attack in Hazara Town area of Quetta, the capital of the Balochistan province. Members of the MQM Rabita Committee expressed grief over the death the people in the incident on Friday, and termed the attack an attempt to spreading sectarian violence in the city. They said that the people involved in killing of innocent people are enemies of Islam and humanity. They demanded of President Asif Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik to take immediate notice of the attack and take measures to stop such attacks. They condoled with family members of those who lost their lives in the attack and prayed for the early recovery of the injured.
Source,
http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=45513&Cat=4&dt=5/7/2011
کوئٹہ: ہلاکت کے خلاف مکمل شٹر ڈاؤن ہڑتال
کالعدم تنظیم لشکر جھنگوی نے واقعہ کی ذمہ داری قبول کی تھی
بلوچستان کے دارلحکومت کوئٹہ میں گزشتہ روز فرقہ وارانہ دہشت گردی میں چھ افراد کی ہلاکت کے خلاف سنیچر کو مکمل شٹرڈاؤن ہڑتال ہوئی ہے۔
ہڑتال کے موقع پر حکومت کی جانب سے سخت حفاظتی انتظامات کیے گئے تھے جس کی وجہ سےکوئی ناخوشگوار واقعہ پیش نہیں آیا۔
کوئٹہ سے بی بی سی کے نامہ نگار ایوب ترین کے مطابق پشتونخواملی عوامی پارٹی اور ہزارہ ڈیموکرٹیک پارٹی کی اپیل پر سینچر کو کوئٹہ شہر میں مکمل شٹرڈاون ہڑتال ہوئی۔
ہڑتال کے دوران تمام دکانیں اور کاروباری مراکزبند رہے جبکہ پٹرول پمپ بند ہونے کے باعث سڑکوں پر ٹریفک بھی معمول سے قدرے کم تھا
حکومت کی جانب سے کسی بھی ناخوشگوار واقع سے نمٹنے کے لیے سخت حفاظتی انتظامات کیے گئے تھے۔ پولیس کے ساتھ فرنٹیئر کور کے اہلکار بھی دن بھر شہر اور مضافاتی علاقوں میں گشت کرتے رہے۔
واضح رہے کہ جمعہ کو کوئٹہ کے مغربی بائی پاس کے قریب ہزارہ ٹاؤن کے گراؤنڈ پر نامعلوم افراد نے راکٹ فائر کیے تھےجس میں ایک خاتوں سمیت چھ افراد ہلاک اور دس زخمی ہوئے تھے۔
کالعدم تنظیم لشکر جھنگوی کے ترجمان علی شیر حیدری نے ایک نامعلوم مقام سے ٹیلی فون کرکے واقعہ کی ذمہ داری قبول کی تھی۔
گورنر بلوچستان نواب ذوالفقارمگسی، وزیرِاعلی بلوچستان نواب اسلم رئیسانی، صوبائی وزیرِداخلہ میر ظفر زہری اور پیپلز پارٹی کے صوبائی صدر میر صادق عمرانی نے دہشت گردی کے اس واقعے کی مذمت کی تھی۔
وزیرِاعلی بلوچستان نواب اسلم رئیسانی نے دہشت گردی کے اس واقع میں ملوث ملزمان کی فوری گرفتاری کی ہدایت کی ہے۔
تحفظ عزاداران کونسل پاکستان کے مطابق سنہ دوہزار تین سے لیکر اب تک کوئٹہ سمیت بلوچستان کے دیگرعلاقوں میں فرقہ وارانہ دہشت گردی میں شیعہ مسلک سے تعلق رکھنے والے آٹھ سو سے زیادہ افراد ٹارگٹ کلنگ کا نشانہ بن چکے ہیں لیکن پولیس کو ابھی تک ان واقعات میں ملوث اصل ملزمان کی گرفتاری میں کامیابی نہیں ملی ہے۔
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