Saleem Shahid | National | From the Newspaper
QUETTA: An inspector of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), a TV artiste and another government official were gunned down near Mecongi Road on Wednesday evening, police said.
The three were going home in a car when assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on them with automatic weapons in a street.
“All of them died on the spot,” hospital sources said.
Police said it appeared to be a case of targeted sectarian killings because the victims — FIA Inspector Walayat Hussain, Quetta television artiste Abid Hussain Nazish and Mohammad Anwar Hussain, an accounts officer at the Balochistan Accountant
General’s office — belonged to the Hazara tribe.
“We are also looking into other aspects of the investigation,” Quetta city police chief Ahsan Mehboob said. He said police were checking vehicles and carrying out raids in different areas to arrest the attackers.
The bodies were taken to the Civil Hospital and handed over to the victims’ families after post-mortems.
In a statement, the Shia Conference Balochistan condemned the killing and said provincial authorities had failed to protect citizens and urged the federal government to ensure an immediate arrest of killers.
DAWN
Thursday, January 26, 2012
MIGRATION: Asylum-seekers in Australia suspend hunger strike
BANGKOK, 25 January 2012 (IRIN) - About 150 asylum-seekers in Australia have suspended their hunger strike after accusing the government of reneging on a promise for community detention and bridging visas for long-term detainees who posed no risk, activists confirm.
At least 34 of the participants had been on hunger strike for a week.
"The ball is now in the government's court," Ian Rintoul, a spokesman for the Refugee Action Coalition (RAC), told IRIN from Sydney. "I hope this will be followed by action and not just words.".....Continue Reading....
At least 34 of the participants had been on hunger strike for a week.
"The ball is now in the government's court," Ian Rintoul, a spokesman for the Refugee Action Coalition (RAC), told IRIN from Sydney. "I hope this will be followed by action and not just words.".....Continue Reading....
How Iran Controls Afghanistan
Afghanistan has suffered from foreign meddling since its inception. But while Pakistan’s role has been widely discussed -- most Afghans will point to concrete examples -- Iran’s involvement is more subtle.
Iranian influence is all encompassing--the Islamic government funds Afghan Shiite sects and politicians, has invested in building roads and providing fuel and transport, and is fighting hard against the Afghan opium trade that supplies millions of addicts. But Iran’s lasting power on Afghanistan is cultural as well as political, broadcasting state radio and television programs inside Afghanistan....Continue Reading....
Iranian influence is all encompassing--the Islamic government funds Afghan Shiite sects and politicians, has invested in building roads and providing fuel and transport, and is fighting hard against the Afghan opium trade that supplies millions of addicts. But Iran’s lasting power on Afghanistan is cultural as well as political, broadcasting state radio and television programs inside Afghanistan....Continue Reading....
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
کوئٹہ میں ’ٹارگٹ کلنگ‘ تین افراد ہلاک
آخری وقت اشاعت: بدھ 25 جنوری 2012 , 18:10 GMT 23:10 PST
کوئٹہ میں ٹارگٹ کلنگ کے واقعات ایک معمول بن گئے ہیں اور اس میں فرقہ واریت کا عنصر بھی شامل ہے۔
بلوچستان کے دارالحکومت کوئٹہ میں بدھ اور جمعرات کی درمیانی شب کو نامعلوم افراد کی فائرنگ کے نتیجے میں تین افراد ہلاک ہوگئے۔ جن کاتعلق شیعہ فریقہ سے تھا اور پولیس نے اسے ٹارگٹ کلنگ کی واردات قرار دے کرملزمان کی گرفتاری کے لیے شہر کی ناکہ بندی کر دی تھی۔
کوئٹہ سے بی بی سی کے نامہ نگارایوب ترین کےمطابق کوئٹہ شہر کے میکانیگی روڈ پر بدھ اور جمعرات کی درمیانی شب نامعلوم مسلح افراد نے ایک گاڑی پر فائرنگ کی جس میں سوار تین افراد شدید زخمی ہوگئے جنہیں فوری طور پر سول ہپستال کوئٹہ پہنچایاگیا۔ ہسپتال میں وہ زخموں کی تاب نہ لاتے ہوئے چل بسے۔ فائرنگ کے بعد نامعلوم مسلح افراد موٹرسائیکل پرفرار ہونے میں کامیاب ہوگئے۔
ہلاک ہونے والوں میں ایف آئی اے کے انسپکٹر ولایت حسین، ٹی وی اداکار عابد نازش اور اے جی آفس کے اکاونٹینٹ محمدانور شامل ہیں جن کاتعلق شیعہ فریقے اور ہزارہ قبیلے سے ہے۔
واقعہ کےبعد پولیس نے نامعلوم افراد کی گرفتاری کے لیے مختلف مقامات پر ناکہ بندی کردی اور مقدمہ بھی درج کرلیا۔
لیکن آخری اطلاع تک کوئی گرفتاری عمل میں نہیں آئی اور نہ کسی تنظیم نے اس واقعہ کی ذمہ داری قبول کی تھی۔
اس بارے میں جب کیپٹل سٹی پولیس آفیسر کوئٹہ احسن محبوب سے رابطہ کیاگیا توانہوں نے اس واقعہ کو ٹارگٹ کلنگ قرار دیا اور کہا کہ جلد ملزمان کو گرفتار کرلیاجائے گا۔
یاد رہے کہ اس سے قبل بھی کوئٹہ میں ٹارگٹ کلنگ کے ذریعے شیعہ فریقےسے تعلق رکھنے والے بہت سے لوگوں کو ٹارگٹ کانشانہ بنایاگیاہے اور اکثرواقعات کی ذمہ داری کالعدم تنظیم لشکرجھنگوی نے قبول کی ہے۔
BBC Urdu
کوئٹہ میں ٹارگٹ کلنگ کے واقعات ایک معمول بن گئے ہیں اور اس میں فرقہ واریت کا عنصر بھی شامل ہے۔
بلوچستان کے دارالحکومت کوئٹہ میں بدھ اور جمعرات کی درمیانی شب کو نامعلوم افراد کی فائرنگ کے نتیجے میں تین افراد ہلاک ہوگئے۔ جن کاتعلق شیعہ فریقہ سے تھا اور پولیس نے اسے ٹارگٹ کلنگ کی واردات قرار دے کرملزمان کی گرفتاری کے لیے شہر کی ناکہ بندی کر دی تھی۔
کوئٹہ سے بی بی سی کے نامہ نگارایوب ترین کےمطابق کوئٹہ شہر کے میکانیگی روڈ پر بدھ اور جمعرات کی درمیانی شب نامعلوم مسلح افراد نے ایک گاڑی پر فائرنگ کی جس میں سوار تین افراد شدید زخمی ہوگئے جنہیں فوری طور پر سول ہپستال کوئٹہ پہنچایاگیا۔ ہسپتال میں وہ زخموں کی تاب نہ لاتے ہوئے چل بسے۔ فائرنگ کے بعد نامعلوم مسلح افراد موٹرسائیکل پرفرار ہونے میں کامیاب ہوگئے۔
ہلاک ہونے والوں میں ایف آئی اے کے انسپکٹر ولایت حسین، ٹی وی اداکار عابد نازش اور اے جی آفس کے اکاونٹینٹ محمدانور شامل ہیں جن کاتعلق شیعہ فریقے اور ہزارہ قبیلے سے ہے۔
واقعہ کےبعد پولیس نے نامعلوم افراد کی گرفتاری کے لیے مختلف مقامات پر ناکہ بندی کردی اور مقدمہ بھی درج کرلیا۔
لیکن آخری اطلاع تک کوئی گرفتاری عمل میں نہیں آئی اور نہ کسی تنظیم نے اس واقعہ کی ذمہ داری قبول کی تھی۔
اس بارے میں جب کیپٹل سٹی پولیس آفیسر کوئٹہ احسن محبوب سے رابطہ کیاگیا توانہوں نے اس واقعہ کو ٹارگٹ کلنگ قرار دیا اور کہا کہ جلد ملزمان کو گرفتار کرلیاجائے گا۔
یاد رہے کہ اس سے قبل بھی کوئٹہ میں ٹارگٹ کلنگ کے ذریعے شیعہ فریقےسے تعلق رکھنے والے بہت سے لوگوں کو ٹارگٹ کانشانہ بنایاگیاہے اور اکثرواقعات کی ذمہ داری کالعدم تنظیم لشکرجھنگوی نے قبول کی ہے۔
BBC Urdu
Three people shot dead in Quetta: police
QUETTA: Gunmen shot dead three Shia Muslims on Wednesday in the southwestern city of Quetta , police and local intelligence officials said.
“Two gunmen riding a motorbike opened fire on a car in Quetta city, killing three Shia Muslims including two government officials and a local television artist,” senior local police official, Muhammad Tariq told AFP.
He said it seemed like a sectarian attack, but the police had launched an investigation into the incident. A local intelligence official also confirmed the incident. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Hundreds of civilians have been killed since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 against the federal Pakistani government, demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region’s oil, gas and mineral resources.
DAWN
“Two gunmen riding a motorbike opened fire on a car in Quetta city, killing three Shia Muslims including two government officials and a local television artist,” senior local police official, Muhammad Tariq told AFP.
He said it seemed like a sectarian attack, but the police had launched an investigation into the incident. A local intelligence official also confirmed the incident. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Hundreds of civilians have been killed since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 against the federal Pakistani government, demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region’s oil, gas and mineral resources.
DAWN
FIA inspector, TV actor killed in Quetta
By Our Correspondent
Published: January 25, 2012
QUETTA: Unidentified gunmen killed three people, including a Federal Investigation Agency inspector and a television actor, near Quetta’s Mekangi Road on Wednesday.
Police said the victims were travelling in a car on Ibrahim Street on Mekangi Raod when the attackers, riding a motorcycle, opened fire at them, killing them on the spot. The assailants managed to escape from the scene.
Police rushed to the spot soon after the incident and cordoned off the area. The bodies were taken to Provincial Sandeman Hospital for an autopsy where they were identified as FIA Inspector Vilayat Hussain, actor Abid Nazish and Mohammad Anwar, an employee of the accountant-general of Balochistan’s office.
Hospital sources said the victims were shot in the upper torso, causing immediate death.
The motive behind the murders could not be known immediately. “Police are investigating the incident and it is premature to comment on possible reasons for the killing,” a senior police official said, on condition of anonymity.
Meanwhile, a man identified as Alam Khan was gunned down by unidentified people in Nawa Killi, a suburb of Quetta. The attackers escaped on a motorcycle while the body was moved to a state-run hospital for an autopsy. The motive behind the murder could be an old enmity, police sources said.
Express Tribune
Published: January 25, 2012
QUETTA: Unidentified gunmen killed three people, including a Federal Investigation Agency inspector and a television actor, near Quetta’s Mekangi Road on Wednesday.
Police said the victims were travelling in a car on Ibrahim Street on Mekangi Raod when the attackers, riding a motorcycle, opened fire at them, killing them on the spot. The assailants managed to escape from the scene.
Police rushed to the spot soon after the incident and cordoned off the area. The bodies were taken to Provincial Sandeman Hospital for an autopsy where they were identified as FIA Inspector Vilayat Hussain, actor Abid Nazish and Mohammad Anwar, an employee of the accountant-general of Balochistan’s office.
Hospital sources said the victims were shot in the upper torso, causing immediate death.
The motive behind the murders could not be known immediately. “Police are investigating the incident and it is premature to comment on possible reasons for the killing,” a senior police official said, on condition of anonymity.
Meanwhile, a man identified as Alam Khan was gunned down by unidentified people in Nawa Killi, a suburb of Quetta. The attackers escaped on a motorcycle while the body was moved to a state-run hospital for an autopsy. The motive behind the murder could be an old enmity, police sources said.
Express Tribune
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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