Political fallout: Raisani fires Changhezi from cabinet

By Our Correspondent
Published: November 16, 2012


Changhezi says he had told Raisani govt should resign as it had failed to control situation. PHOTO: ONLINE/FILE
QUETTA:

Quality Education Minister Jan Ali Changezi was stripped of his cabinet post on Thursday. Changezi, a leader of the PPP, had earlier blamed the provincial government for its “failure to stop the killing of Hazaras”.

Talking to the media, Changhezi said that he was informed in Islamabad that he had been relieved of his post. He said that he had told Chief Minister Aslam Raisani that it was alarming that every day five to six Hazara people were being killed and the government should resign as it had failed to control the situation.

“It is my duty to raise the voice for the people of my constituency,” he remarked. “I took a principled stance not to attend the special session of Balochistan Assembly that reposed confidence in Raisani,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 16th, 2012.

Two injured in Quetta firing

DAWN.COM


An ethnic Hazara Shia man is comforted by his relative after he arrived at a local hospital in Quetta to find a family member shot dead, Sept 20, 2011. — Photo by Reuters/File

QUETTA: Two people were injured as a result of gunfire in Quetta, DawnNews reported on Thursday.

Police said the men were wounded when unknown gunmen riding motorbikes opened fire on them in the provincial capital’s Akhtarabad area.

The injured were immediately shifted to a nearby hospital where their conditions were reported to be critical.

Both men were from the Hazara Shia community.

Balochistan, of which Quetta is the capital, is rife with Taliban militancy, sectarian violence targeted against minority Shia Muslims and a regional insurgency waged by separatists.

Violence has surged in the province this year and human rights activists have raised concerns about an increase in targeted killings.

In September, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch said more than 100 Shias had been killed in sectarian attacks in Balochistan this year.

DAWN

Band-e Amir National Park, Afghanistan

Gunmen Kill Three In Volatile Pakistani Province

November 12, 2012
Officials say gunmen have shot dead three Shi'ite Muslims and wounded two others in Pakistan's troubled southwestern province of Balochistan.

Officials said the shooting took place on November 12 in the town of Mach, some 70 kilometers southeast of the provincial capital, Quetta.

Local police officer Sher Ahmed said the three men from the Shi'ite Hazara community were killed and two others were wounded when gunmen on a motorbike sprayed bullets at two vegetable shops.

Balochistan is rife with Islamist militancy, sectarian violence between majority Sunnis and minority Shi'ite Muslims, and a regional insurgency waged by ethnic Balochi separatists.

In September, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch said more than 100 Shi'ites had been killed in sectarian attacks in Balochistan this year.

Radio Free Europe 

فائرنگ سے ہزارہ برادری کے تین افراد ہلاک

آخری وقت اشاعت: پير 12 نومبر 2012 ,‭ 15:02 GMT 20:02 PST

پاکستان کے صوبہ بلوچستان کے علاقے مچھ میں حکام کے مطابق نامعلوم مسلح افراد کی فائرنگ سے ہزارہ برادری کے تین افراد ہلاک ہو گئے ہیں۔

مقامی انتظامیہ کے ذرائع کے مطابق ایک موٹر سائیکل پر سوار نامعلوم مسلح افراد کی ایک دکان پر فائرنگ کے نتیجے میں دو افراد زخمی بھی ہوئے ہیں۔

خیال رہے کہ صوبہ بلوچستان میں ہزارہ برادری پر آئے روز حملے ہوتے رہتے ہیں۔

ان حملوں کی وجہ سے نہ صرف ہزارہ برادری کی جانب سے کئی بار احتجاجی مظاہرے کیے جا چکے ہیں جبکہ حقوق 

انسانی کی تنظیمیں ان حملے پر اپنے تحفظات کا اظہار کر چکی ہیں۔

BBC URDU

Geo TV Reports on Dangerous Levels of Talibanization in Balochistan

One more falls prey to Quetta violence

* Demonstration slams killings of Hazara people

QUETTA: A man was gunned down in Satellite Town area of the provincial capital on Sunday.

According to police sources, unidentified armed men on a motorcycle opened fire on a shop near Gol Masjid area of Satellite Town. Resultantly, the owner of the shop was killed on the spot. The body of the deceased was shifted to the Civil Hospital Quetta. He was identified as Manzoor Ahmed. The body was handed over to his relatives for burial after medico-legal formalities. A case has been registered against unidentified persons and investigation is underway.

Meanwhile, the Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) staged a protest demonstration outside the Quetta Press Club against the targeted killings of members of their community and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits. At least four Hazaras were gunned down in the provincial capital on Saturday in two separate incidents. The HDP members were holding banners and placards inscribed with slogans demanding an end to Hazara killings. They chanted slogans against the government over its failure to provide security to the Hazara community.

The protesters also criticised the silence of certain quarters over the genocide of Hazara community, and demanded the government and other quarters concerned provide justice to Hazaras and bring the culprits to book as soon as possible. staff report

Daily Times