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Saturday, September 1, 2012

Pakistani protestors slam Shia massacre





Azaranica; Yakjehti Council and Hazara Democratic Party staged protests against genocide of Hazaras in Quetta, Pakistan.

Press TV reports,

Sat Sep 1, 2012 4:52PM GMT

Pakistani protestors have taken to the streets in Quetta in the country's southwestern Balochistan province to voice their anger at the killing of Shia Muslims across the country.

The Protestors were gathered in front of the United Nations office carrying the dead bodies of the seven Shia Muslims who were gunned down in Quetta on Saturday.

The victims were targeted in separate incidents by unknown gunmen.

Gunmen ridding on motorcycles opened fire in Hazarganji area of Quetta, killing five people and injuring two others, officials told Press TV.

In the wake of the first attack, gunmen opened fire again in the same area and killed two more Shias.


The assailants of both incidents fled the scene immediately after the attacks.
The Saturday attacks came hot on the heels of the killing of senior Shia judge, Zulfiqar Naqvi along with his driver and bodyguard in Quetta on Thursday.

On Monday, militants also killed three Shia Muslims and wounded two others in Balochistan. The victims belonged to a local Hazara tribe.

The country’s Shia leaders have called on the government to form a judicial commission to investigate the bloodshed.

TNP/JR

Growing intolerance: Sectarian killers mow down seven in Quetta

By Mohammad Zafar
Published: September 2, 2012


Relatives mourn the loss of their loved ones killed in Saturday’s sectarian attacks. PHOTO: AFP
QUETTA:

Bloody sectarian violence continues unabated in the volatile Balochistan province.

On Saturday, seven members of the Hazara community were killed in two apparently coordinated drive-by shooting incidents on the outskirts of the provincial capital.

“Gunmen riding on motorcycles fired a volley of gunshots at a bus stop in the Hazar Ganji neighbourhood near a vegetable market,” Haji Khan, an officer at the Shal Kot police station, told The Express Tribune.

Five people – all vegetable sellers – were killed on the spot, he added. The victims belonged to the ethnic Hazara community who are Shias by sect.

Wazir Khan Nasir, the deputy inspector general of police (DIG), put the number of attackers at four and said they were riding on two motorcycles. He confirmed that it was a targeted attack against the Hazara community.

Earlier reports suggested that the gunmen intercepted a bus, pulled five Hazara vegetable sellers off the vehicle and shot them dead.

One and a half hour later, gunmen riding on a motorbike sprayed bullets on another bus stop in the same neighbourhood. “Two intending pilgrims from the Hazara community were killed,” Haji Khan said.

According to him, the victims were waiting at the bus stop to catch a bus for the Pak-Iran border town of Taftan.

Soon after the first attack, a heavy contingent of police and paramilitary Frontier Corps cordoned off the area and mounted a manhunt for the killers.

The victims were driven to the Bolan Medical College Teaching Hospital for medico-legal formalities before the bodies are handed over to their heirs for burial.

The victims were identified as Ali Baba, Jawad, Nauroz Ali, Muhammad Raza, Nauroz, Muhammad Ali and Aziz Ali.

Violent protests

The senseless killings sparked violence in some neighbourhoods of the city where members of the Hazara community took to the streets. Protesters went berserk, allegedly barged into houses and harassed residents.

Residents said irate protesters made their way into residences in Rasiani Town, Faisal Town, Bugti Street, Railway Housing Scheme, Qilla Muhammad Hassani, A-One City and threatened the occupants.

At least two persons were killed and nine others, including a police official, were wounded in protest. “We were caught up in violent protests. We were terrified and feeling insure in our own houses,” Azhar Khan, a resident of Faisal Town told The Express Tribune.

“It was anarchy-like situation – police and administration did not come to control the situation,” he added.

The Hazara Democratic Party staged a sit-in outside the IG office and condemned the targeted killings of their community members. They demanded immediate arrest of the killers.

Chief of Hazra tribe Sardar Sadat Ali called a shutter-down strike in Quetta on Sunday to protest the killings. The Hazara Democratic Party and Thahfuz-e-Azadari Council supported the call.

Alarmed by the recent surge in target attacks, the provincial government has delegated police powers to the paramilitary FC in an attempt to stem the tide of violence.

This means now FC troops can make arrest, search houses and detain people for questioning, an official told The Express Tribune.

In one month, at least 20 people have been killed in sectarian violence in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan which is a flashpoint for sectarian violence that has left thousands of people dead since the late 1980s.

LeJ claims responsibility

Late in the night, the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) sectarian extremist group claimed responsibility for the gruesome killings.

A purported spokesperson for the LeJ said that his group was responsible for the killing of seven Hazara community members.

“From tomorrow (Sunday), we will start our campaign against the police. Top police officials will be targeted during the campaign,” the spokesperson, identifying himself as Abu Bakar, told Express News in a phone call from an undisclosed location.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 2nd, 2012.

Governor of Bamiyan Habiba Sarabi talks about Bamiyan

طالبان برخی از راه های ولایت غزنی را مین‌گذاری کرده اند



به روز شده:  12:41 گرينويچ - شنبه 01 سپتامبر 2012 - 11 شهریور 1391

گروه طالبان اخیرا با مین گذاری کردن راه‌ها، مسیر ولایت غزنی به ولسوالی های جاغوری، مالستان و اجرستان را بسته اند.
بسته شدن این راه‌ها زندگی ساکنان دست کم سه ولسوالی به مرکز ولایت غزنی را دشوار کرده است.
علی اکبر قاسمی نماینده ولایت غزنی در مجلس نمایندگان به بی بی سی فارسی گفت، علت مین گذاری این راه‌ها این است که دولت اخیرا عملیاتی را در ولسوالی اجرستان به راه انداخته تا طالبان را از این ولسوالی بیرون براند.
طالبان نیز مسیر منتهی به ولسوالی اجرستان را که از ولسوالی های جاغوری و مالستان می گذرد، مین گذاری کرده است.
اما بسته شدن این راه‌ها سبب شده تا ساکنان این مناطق نتوانند به سادگی خود را به مرکز ولایت برسانند.
این ولسوالی ها از امکانات لازم بهداشتی و دیگر امکاناتی که مردم به آن نیاز دارند، برخوردار نیست.
ساکنان این مناطق مجبور اند بیماران خود را برای مداوا به مرکز ولایت غزنی منتقل کنند.
آنها همچنین نیازمندی‌های روز مره از جمله مواد غذایی را از مرکز غزنی تهیه می کنند و اگر این مسیر به زودی باز نشود، مردم این ولسوالی ها با دشواریهای جدی تری مواجه خواهند شد.

Seven Gunned Down in Quetta Target Killing 1 September 2012

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).

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۔