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فرقہ واریت میں 2090 افراد ہلاک، سزا کسی کو نہیں
ایوب ترین
بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، اسلام آباد
آخری وقت اشاعت: جمعرات 24 اپريل 2014 , 20:37 GMT 01:37 PST
اعداد و شمار کے مطابق پاکستان کے قبائلی علاقوں اور بلوچستان میں ہلاکتوں کی تعداد سب سے زیادہ جبکہ صوبہ خیبر پختونخوا میں سب سے کم ہے
حکومتِ پاکستان کا کہنا ہے کہ گذشتہ سات برسوں میں ملک میں فرقہ وارانہ دہشت گردی میں اب تک 2090 افراد مارے جا چکے ہیں لیکن حزب اختلاف نے ان اعداد و شمار کو غلط قرار دیتے ہوئے انہیں مسترد کر دیا ہے۔
سینٹ کا اجلاس بدھ کی شام کو ڈپٹی چیئرمین صابر بلوچ کی صدارت میں منعقد ہوا۔
وقفہ سوالات میں خاتون سینیٹر سیدہ صغریٰ امام کی جانب سے پوچھے گئے ایک سوال کے جواب میں وفاقی وزیر بلیغ الرحمان نے ایوان کو بتایا ہے کہ سال 2008 سے رواں برس مارچ کے مہینے تک قبائلی علاقے میں 866، بلوچستان میں 737 ، سندھ میں 252، پنجاب میں 104، خیبر پختونخوا میں 22، گلگت بلتستان میں 103، دارالحکومت اسلام آباد میں 5 افراد فرقہ وارا نہ دہشت گردی کانشانہ بنے۔ جبکہ آزاد جموں کشمیر میں اس دوران فرقہ دہشت گردی کا کوئی واقعہ پیش نہیں آیا ہے۔
اعداد و شمار کے مطابق پاکستان کے قبائلی علاقوں اور بلوچستان میں ہلاکتوں کی تعداد سب سے زیادہ جبکہ صوبہ خیبر پختونخوا میں سب سے کم ہے۔
انہوں نے بتایا کہ ان واقعات کے الزام میں اب تک 173 افراد گرفتار ہوچکے ہیں۔جن میں سے 26 کا تعلق پنجاب، 139 گلگت بلتستان اور آٹھ کا بلوچستان سے ہے۔ جبکہ سندھ، صوبہ خیبر پختونخوا، قبائلی علاقوں اور اسلام آباد سے کوئی ملزم گرفتار نہیں ہوسکا ہے۔
2008 سے مارچ 2014
"قبائلی علاقے میں 866، بلوچستان میں 737 ، سندھ میں 252، پنجاب میں 104، خیبر پختونخوا میں 22، گلگت بلتستان میں 103، دارالحکومت اسلام آباد میں 5 افراد فرقہ وارا نہ دہشت گردی کانشانہ بنے۔ جبکہ آزاد جموں کشمیر میں اس دوران فرقہ دہشت گردی کا کوئی واقعہ پیش نہیں آیا ہے۔"
حکومتی رپورٹ
حزب اختلاف کی جماعتوں نے حکومتی اعداد و شمار کو مسترد کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ کراچی، بلوچستان اورخیبر پختونخوا میں ہزاروں کی تعداد میں لوگ فرقہ وارانہ دہشت گردی کا نشانہ بن چکے ہیں۔
پختونخوا ملی عوامی پارٹی کے سینٹر عبدالرؤف لالا نے کہا کہ صرف بلوچستان میں فرقہ وارانہ دہشت گردی کا نشانہ بنے والے ہزارہ قبیلے اور شیعہ فرقے سے تعلق رکھنے والے افراد کی تعداد مذکورہ اعداد و شمار سے کئی گنا زیادہ ہے۔
انہوں نے کہا کہ اگر حکومت کے اعداد و شمار کو صحیح تسلیم بھی کیا جائے۔ تو آٹھ افراد کی گرفتاری حکومت کی ناکامی کا ....Continue Reading....واضع ثبوت ہے۔
Sectarian violence: Over 2,000 people killed in 5 years, Interior Ministry tells Senate
By Irfan Ghauri
Published: April 23, 2014
Killings per district: Fata (867), Balochistan (737), Sindh (252), Punjab (104), G-B (103) and K-P (22). PHOTO: ONLINE/FILE
ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed by the Interior Ministry on Wednesday that the monster of sectarianism had devoured at least 2,090 lives over past five years, with militancy hit Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on top with 867 killings.
The figures were revealed in a written reply from the ministry of interior during the question hour.
Balochistan, which has seen deadly attacks on the resident Shia Hazara community, witnessed 737 killings.
Sindh, where a number of doctors, professors religious leaders belonging to the their sect have been targeted in recent years, 252 were killed over sectarian differences between January 2008-January 2009.
Punjab, which saw some of the worst riots in the country last year following a clash of two groups in Rawalpindi on Ashura that resulted in a curfew, 104 people were killed in sectarian violence over five years.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 22. Gilgit-Baltistan, which has belied its largely peaceful outlook with incidents of sectarian violence, saw 103 people falling victim to sectarian violence. Five people lost their lives in Islamabad in sectarian attacks.
The exact number will probably be a bit higher since the reply provided covered the period from January 2008 to January 2014.
Senators from different political parties contested the figures provided by the ministry and also asked the state minister about number of convictions of those who were arrested on charges of sectarian violence.
However, the minister did not answer that question, further irking the members.
Madrassas getting funding from aboard
The government also confirmed during Wednesday’s session that some seminaries were getting financial support from abroad.
“Some seminaries/madrassahs in the country are receiving financial support from foreign Islamic countries. The remittances are received through banking channels,” the interior ministry confirmed in its written reply to a question by Pakistan Peoples Partys Sugra Imam....Continue Reading....
Published: April 23, 2014
Killings per district: Fata (867), Balochistan (737), Sindh (252), Punjab (104), G-B (103) and K-P (22). PHOTO: ONLINE/FILE
ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed by the Interior Ministry on Wednesday that the monster of sectarianism had devoured at least 2,090 lives over past five years, with militancy hit Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on top with 867 killings.
The figures were revealed in a written reply from the ministry of interior during the question hour.
Balochistan, which has seen deadly attacks on the resident Shia Hazara community, witnessed 737 killings.
Sindh, where a number of doctors, professors religious leaders belonging to the their sect have been targeted in recent years, 252 were killed over sectarian differences between January 2008-January 2009.
Punjab, which saw some of the worst riots in the country last year following a clash of two groups in Rawalpindi on Ashura that resulted in a curfew, 104 people were killed in sectarian violence over five years.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 22. Gilgit-Baltistan, which has belied its largely peaceful outlook with incidents of sectarian violence, saw 103 people falling victim to sectarian violence. Five people lost their lives in Islamabad in sectarian attacks.
The exact number will probably be a bit higher since the reply provided covered the period from January 2008 to January 2014.
Senators from different political parties contested the figures provided by the ministry and also asked the state minister about number of convictions of those who were arrested on charges of sectarian violence.
However, the minister did not answer that question, further irking the members.
Madrassas getting funding from aboard
The government also confirmed during Wednesday’s session that some seminaries were getting financial support from abroad.
“Some seminaries/madrassahs in the country are receiving financial support from foreign Islamic countries. The remittances are received through banking channels,” the interior ministry confirmed in its written reply to a question by Pakistan Peoples Partys Sugra Imam....Continue Reading....
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Keeping the Flame of Art Alive in Balochistan
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| The Crowd: By Shazia Batool |
Shazia Batool’s conversations – about Quetta, about the worsening situation and the burgeoning art scene – are filled with dramatic gasps and sharp intakes of breath but beneath her excitable exterior lies a steely resolve. This is evident in the stories she chooses to tell: How she wheeled herself into Quetta’s Serena Hotel and insisted that its managers let her exhibit her paintings; how, as a physically-handicapped person, she manages to live in an environment not exactly friendly to the disabled, how she migrated to neighbouring Iran with her mother but, after living there for two years, decided to return alone and resume her life in Quetta..............The Hazara community has its own initiatives. On the day I meet and speak with Batool, I visit one such community space. Amongst the mass of homes and shops and restaurants in crowded Mariabad, is a seemingly unassuming door with a small plaque that says, in a near-silent whisper, Sketch Club. The ‘club’ was started in 2008 by Fazil Mousavi, a respected elder of the community. For the very low fee of 1,000 rupees a month for each student, on the rooftop of a katcha house and surrounded by the panoramic view of mountains, local children are taught art. Some are being rigorously trained to sit the entrance exam for the NCA; others are much younger. I strike up conversation with a chirpy hijab-clad seven-year-old. Another young girl tells me how she protested to her family until they allowed her to start drawing. Yet another wants to go to Lahore and study miniature. As the sun starts making its lazy descent down the sky and the blinding light creates dark shadows, students sit around a still-life and studiously sketch. At the end of each year, the Sketch Club holds a student exhibition where the works are put up for sale. Mousavi believes that art should be accessible to all and the art pieces are thus priced accordingly — much of it ends up being bought. There used to be a local art gallery in Mariabad, a teacher at the Sketch Club tells me, but its owner shut shop and migrated to Australia.....Continue Reading....
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