9 (Hazaras) killed in separate incidents in Quetta

September 01, 2012 - Updated 1441 PKT
From Web Edition



QUETTA: Nine persons were killed in separate incidents in Quetta that took place Saturday, Geo News reported.

In the first incident, unknown gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying five passengers and killed all of them near Sabzi Mandi in Hazar Ganji area.

According to police, the incident took place near Sabzi Mandi when the five passengers were on their way. Unidentified miscreants on motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire and as a result, the five passengers received critical wounds and later succumbed to their injuries.

The bodies were shifted to Civil Hospital and later the local administration and police reached the spot and started investigation.

Initial reports suggest that the incident is the result of target killing.

The other incident also took place in Hazar Ganji area in which two persons were shot dead by gunmen, rescue sources told.

Later in the city, the residents protested against the target killings and two more persons died and ten others injured in those violent protests.

On the other hand, Hazara Democratic Party strongly condemned the incident while the Hazara leader Sardar Saadat Hazara demanded to impose governor rule in the backdrop of deteriorating law and order situation in the province. He also called for a shutter down strike in Quetta on Sunday (tomorrow).

The News 

کوئٹہ:سات ہزارہ شیعوں کی ہلاکت کے بعد کشیدگی

2012 ,‭ 07:25 GMT 12:25 PST

کوئٹہ میں اس سے پہلے بھی ہزارہ برادری پر حملے کیے گئے ہیں۔

پاکستان کے صوبہ بلوچستان کے دارلحکومت کوئٹہ میں فائرنگ کے دو مختلف واقعات میں سات افراد ہلاک ہوئے ہیں۔

ہلاک ہونے والوں کا تعلق ہزارہ قبیلے اور شیعہ مسلک سے ہے اور ان واقعات کے بعد شہر میں ہنگامے پھوٹ پڑے

• 
  

مظاہرین نے حکومت سے واقعات میں ملوث افراد کو گرفتار کرنے کامطالبہ کیا ہے۔

کوئٹہ شہر کے نواحی علاقے ہزارگنجی میں سنیچر کی صبح نامعلوم افراد نے سبزی منڈی کے قریب ایک بس سے تمام مسافروں کو اتار کر، شناختی کارڈ دیکھنے کے بعد ان میں سے پانچ افراد کو فائرنگ کر کے کر ہلاک کر دیا۔

فائرنگ کے بعد ملزمان موقع سے موٹرسائیکلوں پر فرار ہونے میں کامیاب ہوگئے تاہم پولیس کے مطابق فرار ہونے والے ملزمان نے ہزار گنجی میں ہی فائرنگ کے ایک اور واقعے میں مزید دو افراد کو ہلاک کیا ہے۔

دونوں واقعات کے بعد پولیس اور فرنٹیئرکور کے اہلکاروں نے ہلاک شدگان کی لاشیں بولان میڈیکل کمپلیکس پہنچا دیں۔ جہاں ان کی شناخت ہزارہ قبیلے سے تعلق رکھنے والے اہلِ تشیع افراد کے طور پر کی گئی ہے۔

اس واقعے پر ہزارہ قبیلے کے افراد نے شدید احتجاج کرتے ہوئے کوئٹہ کے مغربی بائی پاس اور بروری روڈ کو کئی گھنٹوں تک احتجاجاً بند کیا جبکہ کئی مقامات سے فائرنگ کی آوازیں بھی سنائی دیتی رہیں جس کے باعث شہر میں حالات ایک بار پھر کشیدہ ہوگئے۔

تاہم مزید کسی ناخوشگوار واقعہ سے بچاؤ کے لیے پولیس اور فرنٹیئر کور کی بھاری نفری بولان میڈیکل کمپلیکس ہسپتال پہنچ گئی اور حالات پر قابو پانے کی کوشش کی جا رہی ہے۔

مظاہرین کا کہنا ہے کہ وہ اس وقت تک اپنے رشتہ داروں کی لاشیں نہیں اٹھائیں گے جب تک کوئی اعلی حکومتی عہدیدار ہپستال آ کرانہیں ملزمان کی گرفتاری کے لیے یقین دہانی نہیں کراتا۔ انہوں نے حکومت سے ٹارگٹ کلنگ میں ملوث ملزمان کی گرفتاری کا مطالبہ کیا۔

دوسری جانب ہزارہ ڈیموکرٹیک پارٹی اور عزاداری کونسل پاکستان نے ہزار گنجی کے واقعہ کی مذمت کرتے ہوئے اتوار کو کوئٹہ شہر میں شٹرڈاؤن ہڑتال کرنے کا اعلان کیا ہے۔

خیال رہے کہ جمعرات کے روز کوئٹہ کے جی او آر کالونی میں نامعلوم مسلع افراد نے ایڈیشنل سیشن جج ذوالفقار نقوی کو ان کے ڈرائیور اور محافظ سمیت ہلا ک کیا تھا۔

ذوالفقار نقوی کی ہلاکت کےخلاف سنیچر کو دوسرے روز بھی کوئٹہ اور صوبے کے دیگرشہروں میں وکلاء نے عدالتوں کا بائیکاٹ کیا ہے۔

یاد رہے کہ گذشتہ ایک ہفتے کے دوران کوئٹہ میں تیرہ افراد کو ٹارگٹ کلنگ کا نشانہ بنایاگیا ہے جن میں سے گیارہ کا تعلق شیعہ مسلک سے ہے۔

bbc urdu

Five killed in Quetta ambush

Quetta: Hazar Ganji shooting toll rises to five

Updated on: Saturday, September 01, 2012 8:57:14 AM

Staff Report
QUETTA: At least five people were killed in a firing incident that occurred this morning in the city area of Hazar Ganji, SAMAA reports Saturday.

According to details of the incident, some unidentified miscreants opened fire at a vehicle transporting some vegetable vendors from main vegetable market located in Hazar Ganji, killing three people and critically injuring two others.

Rescue sources confirmed three people have been killed in the recent incident of violence.

The injured and bodies have been shifted to nearby Bolan Medical Complex located in Bruri Road area on board Edhi ambulances. However, both of the injured succumbed to injuries at hospital, pushing the death toll to five.

Police and other law-enforcers arrived at the overly crowded mishap site.

All five casualties belong to Hazara community. (Last updated at 0920 PST) --SAMAA

Justice Zulfiqar Naqvi Assassination Quetta

Five (Hazara vegetable vendors) gunned down in Quetta's Hazar Ganji

September 01, 2012 - Updated 912 PKT
From Web Edition



QUETTA: Unknown gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying five passengers and killed all of them in Hazar Ganji area Saturday, Geo News reported.

According to police, the incident took place near Sabzi Mandi in Hazar Ganji area of Quetta when the five passengers were on their way. Unidentified miscreants opened indiscriminate fire and as a result, all five passengers died on the spot.

The News 

Death in Quetta

Editorial

Saturday, September 01, 2012
From Print Edition

It would be surprising if we were to pick up a newspaper and see no headlines narrating tales of sectarian or other kinds of violence from Balochistan. The latest news tells of the killing of additional sessions judge Syed Zulfiqar Naqvi who was gunned down along with his driver and guard while on his way to work from the GOR sector in Quetta. The death is being treated as yet another sectarian killing, with Shia groups and the legal fraternity staging protests across the country. An investigation has been ordered. Will it lead anywhere, we ask? We really do not know. Despite similar inquiries, the frequency of sectarian killings has only grown over the last few years, with the Hazara Shia community bearing the brunt of the killing in many cases. Three more members of that community were shot dead only a few days ago. The murder of the sessions judge was obviously well-planned and carried out by motorcyclists who aimed a hail of bullets into his car as they rode past. It seems obvious that extremist forces are behind the planning and execution of such crimes. Why they cannot be apprehended and a strong message sent out by punishing their leaders under the law is far from clear. The helplessness of the government and the forces of law and order only encourages further violence.

The descent of Balochistan into a spiral of endless death has been recorded by the autonomous Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in its latest report based on a fact-finding mission to the province. The report notes that things appear to have worsened since 2011 when the last fact-finding mission to the province conducted its work. Greater Talibanisation and the growth of extremism have been noted during the intervening period. The Commission also notes that violence runs in layers, with criminal elements, nationalist elements and sectarian elements all involved in one way or the other. The lack of governance adds to the entire ambit of problems as does the growing rage and feeling of alienation among the people of Balochistan. The pertinent questions at this stage are: why are the authorities unable to ruthlessly clamp down on sectarian forces that operate freely in the area? Are there any solutions to end this ruthless spiral of killings? We certainly do not see them on the horizon. Sectarian violence is splitting Quetta and Balochistan apart. It has created a terrible sense of fear and adds to the dark clouds that hover continuously over the province. The real tragedy is that no winds are blowing from any other direction to blow these dark clouds away.

The News