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کوئٹہ میں دو ہزارہ شیعہ افراد فائرنگ میں ہلاک
محمد کاظم
بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، کوئٹہ
آخری وقت اشاعت: اتوار 13 اپريل 2014 , 20:16 GMT 01:16 PST
پولیس اہلکار کا کہنا تھا کہ ابتدائی تفتیش کے مطابق یہ فرقہ وارانہ ٹارگٹ کلنگ کا واقعہ ہے
پاکستان کے صوبہ بلوچستان کے دارالحکومت کوئٹہ میں فائرنگ کے ایک واقعہ میں ہزارہ شیعہ برادری سے تعلق رکھنے والے دو افرادکو ہلاک کر دیا گیا ہے۔
پولیس کے مطابق دونوں افراد کو ہفتے کی شام نامعلوم مسلح افراد نے سریاب روڈ کے علاقے میں واقع بس ٹرمینل پر ان افرا کو نشانہ بنایا۔
سریاب پولیس کے ایک اہلکار نے بی بی سی کو بتایا کہ فائرنگ سے ایک شخص جائے وقوعہ پر ہلاک ہوا جبکہ دوسرا زخمی ہوا۔ زخمی شخص کو ہسپتال لے جایا گیا جہاں وہ زخموں کی تاب نہ لاکر چل بسا۔
پولیس کے مطابق ہلاک ہونے والے دونوں افراد کا تعلق ہزارہ قبیلے سے ہے۔
پولیس اہلکار کا کہنا تھا کہ ابتدائی تفتیش کے مطابق یہ فرقہ وارانہ ٹارگٹ کلنگ کا واقعہ ہے۔
دوسری جانب ہزارہ ڈیموکریٹک پارٹی اور تحریک نفاذ فقہ جعفریہ نے دونوں افرادکی ہلاکت کے واقعے کی مذمت کی ہے۔
ہزارہ ڈیموکریٹک پارٹی کے مرکزی بیان کے مطابق سریاب روڈ پر کراچی جانے والے دو ہزارہ مسافروں کو بس سے اتار کر شناخت کرنے کے بعد ہلاک کیا گیا۔
Two Shia Hazaras gunned down in Quetta
SYED ALI SHAH
A police officer said the deceased were singled out from a passenger bus fired upon by the militants from a very close range. – File Photo
Published 2014-04-12 23:56:06
QUETTA: Armed militants killed two people of ethnic Shia Hazara community in Sariab road area of Quetta, the capital of volatile Balochistan province on Saturday night, police said.
Imran Qureshi, the Superintendent of Police Sariab Road told Dawn.com that armed militants singled out two members of Hazara community from a passenger bus and opened fire on them from a very close range.
He said one person was killed on the spot while the other succumbed to his wounds on his way to hospital. The attackers sped away on their motorcycles after the firing.
“The incident as an act of targeted killing,” Qureshi said. The passenger bus was preparing to leave for Karachi when intercepted by militants, he added.
Police and personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) reached the spot and launched an initial investigation into the incident.
“It is an act of sectarian terrorism,” police said.
The dead bodies of the victims were rushed to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for medico-legal formalities.
The incident took place four days after at least 17 people were killed in a blast at Sibi railway station in the province.
Quetta remained under the grip of sectarian attacks for last more than a decade. A large number of members of Hazara community have been killed in targeted killings and suicide attacks.
A police officer said the deceased were singled out from a passenger bus fired upon by the militants from a very close range. – File Photo
Published 2014-04-12 23:56:06
QUETTA: Armed militants killed two people of ethnic Shia Hazara community in Sariab road area of Quetta, the capital of volatile Balochistan province on Saturday night, police said.
Imran Qureshi, the Superintendent of Police Sariab Road told Dawn.com that armed militants singled out two members of Hazara community from a passenger bus and opened fire on them from a very close range.
He said one person was killed on the spot while the other succumbed to his wounds on his way to hospital. The attackers sped away on their motorcycles after the firing.
“The incident as an act of targeted killing,” Qureshi said. The passenger bus was preparing to leave for Karachi when intercepted by militants, he added.
Police and personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) reached the spot and launched an initial investigation into the incident.
“It is an act of sectarian terrorism,” police said.
The dead bodies of the victims were rushed to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for medico-legal formalities.
The incident took place four days after at least 17 people were killed in a blast at Sibi railway station in the province.
Quetta remained under the grip of sectarian attacks for last more than a decade. A large number of members of Hazara community have been killed in targeted killings and suicide attacks.
Quetta: Two Hazara Passengers were identified, dragged out of bus and shot dead on Saryab Road
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Losing ground: 30,000 Hazaras fled Balochistan in five years
By Qaiser Butt
Published: April 12, 2014
Members of a Hazara community light candles for peace against sectarian attacks in Quetta February 15, 2014. PHOTO: REUTERS
QUETTA:
With a surge in violence in Balochistan, members of minority groups have increasingly sought shelter in other parts of the country. Nearly 30,000 members of the Hazara community have migrated in the last five years, according to Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Vice Chairperson Tahir Hussain Khan.
Speaking with The Express Tribune, Khan said the flow of migration increased as nearly 1,000 members of the Hazara community have been killed in targeted attacks since 2009.
Khan, who is also president of the HRCP’s Balochistan chapter, added that more than 10,000 Hindus have also fled the province as abductions-for-ransom have become routine over the last three years here.
Members of the Hazara community leaving Quetta and other parts of the province comprise businessmen, highly educated workers and senior government officials, amongst others, he said. Discussing sectarian violence in the province, Khan warned, “This conflict can turn into a civil war if it is not addressed properly at this stage.”
The Hazara community has been confined to two localities in Quetta, he pointed out – a four-kilometre radius on Alamdar Road and an 11km area within Hazara Town – after the provincial government set up security checkpoints around these residential colonies.
“They are physically isolated from the rest of the city’s population,” he said. “They are not aware of how long they will continue to be confined in such a way.” He pointed to the growing presence of religious parties in the country as a possible reason for increasing sectarian conflict.
Within classrooms, Khan said school syllabi create rifts between students of different faiths and sects, particularly when religious extremist thought is inculcated in educational institutions.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 12th, 2014.
Published: April 12, 2014
Members of a Hazara community light candles for peace against sectarian attacks in Quetta February 15, 2014. PHOTO: REUTERS
QUETTA:
With a surge in violence in Balochistan, members of minority groups have increasingly sought shelter in other parts of the country. Nearly 30,000 members of the Hazara community have migrated in the last five years, according to Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Vice Chairperson Tahir Hussain Khan.
Speaking with The Express Tribune, Khan said the flow of migration increased as nearly 1,000 members of the Hazara community have been killed in targeted attacks since 2009.
Khan, who is also president of the HRCP’s Balochistan chapter, added that more than 10,000 Hindus have also fled the province as abductions-for-ransom have become routine over the last three years here.
Members of the Hazara community leaving Quetta and other parts of the province comprise businessmen, highly educated workers and senior government officials, amongst others, he said. Discussing sectarian violence in the province, Khan warned, “This conflict can turn into a civil war if it is not addressed properly at this stage.”
The Hazara community has been confined to two localities in Quetta, he pointed out – a four-kilometre radius on Alamdar Road and an 11km area within Hazara Town – after the provincial government set up security checkpoints around these residential colonies.
“They are physically isolated from the rest of the city’s population,” he said. “They are not aware of how long they will continue to be confined in such a way.” He pointed to the growing presence of religious parties in the country as a possible reason for increasing sectarian conflict.
Within classrooms, Khan said school syllabi create rifts between students of different faiths and sects, particularly when religious extremist thought is inculcated in educational institutions.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 12th, 2014.
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