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Two including Imam Bargah cleric beheaded in Quetta
Bodies found from Mian Gundi area, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility.
Bodies found from Mian Gundi area, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility.
QUETTA: Two bodies, including one identified of an Imam Bargah prayer leader, have been recovered from the Mian Gundi area on the outskirts of Quetta on Wednesday.
According to the police, some people informed the police about the presence of the bodies in a mountain near Mian Gundi area. Officials rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area after discovering the bodies.
The bodies were shifted to the Bolan Medical Teaching Hospital for an autopsy.
“They were slaughtered and beheaded in a brutal manner,” hospital sources said adding that their ages ranged between 28-30 years of age.
They were identified as leader of Satellite Town Imam Bargah Maulana Nour Ali Nour and Syed Haseeb Abad Zaidi, a resident of Sirki Road, Quetta.
Sources said the men had been identified by the slips found on their bodies, in which the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) claimed responsibility for the killing.
Relatives of Haseeb told the media that he had been kidnapped from Satellite Town around 19 days ago.
“The kidnappers had demanded a ransom of Rs1.9 million and we paid them Rs1.5 million but then they demanded a million more,” said the family.
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Had Shias known that there will come a time when they will be slaughtered in Pakistan with impunity solely because they were Shias and there would be no recourse and no outrage, they would not have participated in the Pakistan movement. That also means that Muhammad Ali Jinnah would not have been our Quaid-e-Azam, as he also happened to be a Shia.
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Criminal negligence from the PPP led government. They are only interested in passing laws to protect their corruption and safeguard their interests. People are being butchered and they playing political games. They are the party in power they have to do something about this.
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CJ supreme court, high court judges, Punjab law minister, and chief minister are accomplice in this heinous crime. A country where innocent are mercilessly slaughtered,, where there is no justice for the terrorists, incidents like this continue to happen. The buck has to stop at the top.Recommend
@jibran: What are PM’s and President and parliament for????———-looting only.
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@jibran:
Does the Punjab government now handle law and order in Balochistan?
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PPP supporters like jibran are the real problem. He signifies the height of delusion with which jiyalas support PPP. They will blame CJ, courts, laywers, PTI, PML-N, army the next door neighbour for the troubles all over the country but are blind to the fact that their leaders are pushing this country into a deep hole. Their strategy is to play the victim + shaheed card and win election.
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I would request all not to play politics while commenting on such news. I’m not a Shia but I am ashamed of being a silent spectator of what’s happening in this country. Men are being slaughtered only because of their religious beliefs. Minarets and Kalima are being erased by the Police. Let’s all come out of our silence and condemn such actions irrespective of our faith because we all are Pakistani citizens having a responsiblity to our fellow countrymen.
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Just can’t understand it. What is the fascination in Islamic culture for this cruel and primitive act of beheading?
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@Imran Haider:
“Had Shias known that there will come a time when they will be slaughtered in Pakistan with impunity solely because they were Shias and there would be no recourse and no outrage, they would not have participated in the Pakistan movement. “
That is a good observation. Isn’t it ironic that Ahmedis and christians also strongly supported Pakistan movement!
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You see the problem with the State of Pakistan is that it has a President who is only interested in stealing as much money from the country as possible-just like his wife used to- and transport it in safe banks in Switzerland. Pakistan also has an army that does absolutely nothing to stop this and the Political scene is dominated by Zardari’s goons. What needs to happen is that the PPP needs to be banned from politics forever to get rid of this cancer that is plaguing our beloved country! We need to kick out the goons and thieves from our country-they contribute nothing to our society.
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Only the US, India, Israel or the elected govt can butcher the minorities and smaller sect Muslims. The Wahabi Jihadists are never against the smaller sects or our religious shrines. It must be a conspiracy against Pakistan by foreign agents and the ruling secular and liberal coalition govt and the SC should start another suo motu case against the elected govt. Kudos to Qadri and Justice Sharif who has volunteered him free of charge legal help without even asking.
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I just want to ask why no one does anything about Lashkar e Jhangvi menace? They openly admit they kill the Shias, their leader Malik Ishaq has preached hatred and he is already out of jail. Obviously LJ don’t fear Allah but what about the rest of the sunni population? What are you guys waiting for? Stop the Shia genocide in Pakistan!!!
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Due to load shedding, people have started mincing meat (qeema banana). If the economic agonies continue, Shias, Ahmadis, Hindus,Christians will face BBQ.
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The best part is that the pseudo liberal pseudo literate class which is always there to bash Islam and promote vulgarity & nudity is also quiet. Great!!!
RIP Pakistan
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@Imran Haider: A very immature and miscalculated comment. You if by any chance are a real Pakistani (not an indian with a fake alias pretending as Pakistani) would know very well that these sectarian rifts are always funded either by india or Iran. Although Iran now refrains from interfering in our matters, but india and Afghanistan actively are involved in creating a sectarian rift. Otherwise Shias and Sunnis live together side by side with absolute peace and love for each other.
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@Observer: Kurbani ? Children are made to watch and taught by putting a knife in their innocent hands. All that blood and gore, ugh !
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@Observer:
The mullahs and religious fanatics who opposed creation of Pakistan tooth and nail want to dismantle it and this is the strategy they have adopted and the people of Pakistan are fooled in the name of Islam.
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shame on so called leaders , they have destroyd our country and made us slave of primitive ideology.
we need a revolution and …. kill them all ( corrupt politions )Recommend
Isn’t it ironic that Shiite Muslims can lead better lives in the land of the infidels (Europe, America), than in the Land of the Pure.
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Small problems always exist in all countries. However, before people go overboard bashing Pakistan, please remember, how much worse matters are in India. By now there would have been no shias left had they stayed back there. Some gratitude to Pakistan, please. As to the rest, Allah knows best.
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@kaalchakra: So by wat you have mentioned, if the situation in India is worse, Muslims should have been eliminated from India :) :) .
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@Uzair Javaid:
keep your pakistani certificates in your pocket.
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@kaalachakry: In history Shia were eliminated from Tunisia, Egypt, Lybia and other parts of North Africa by Sunnis, Hindus were not involved in that. India is a fine example of tolerance.
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@ Uzair this is strange that you do not know or do not want to admit the role of Saudi Arabia, in creating this whole mess in Pakistan!Recommend
@Uzair Javaid:
I can understand your love for arabs but plz don’t put anything on Iran. Its the saudis who have been funding all this extremism in Pakistan. Recommend
These are real human beings that are being slaughtered everyone. They happen to be Pakistanis too. There was a protest against shia killings in Washington DC couple of months ago outside the Pakistani consulate. Imagine if all the normal shia and sunni started to protest everywhere around the world. I am sure our corrupt government and heartless agencies would take notice and do something about this lashkar jhangvi sipah sahaba /p>
Lastly I would like to say Fear Allah. We all have to die one day but what will happen to us if we have sympathy towards these killers or even if we just stay quite? Recommend
@elementary:
The elementary question ought to be : Where is the Army that out numbers civilians in Baluchistan ? And where are its sister concerns -the Agencies ?
Sir, you seek to divert elementary attention from our Protectors !
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@Uzair Javaid:
Sectarian prejudice is obvious in your post filled with irrational untruths.
You demonize Imran as unpatriotic or an alien enemy, and propagate the usual insincere and hypocritical deluded conspiracist rant, involving the Indian bogeyman, but also expose your anti-Shia bias, by naming only Iran (then try to downplay it) and not Saudi Arabia, where most proof of sectarianism lies, is the driver for such violence. Even before the 80′s, Shia-Sunni relations were contentious, making the kumbayah ‘hum sub bhai bhai hai’ slogan laughable. It’s about time we deal with such insincerity, hypocrisy, bigotry and extremism, by the Pak majority.Recommend
@kaalchakra:
Sectarian cleansing is a HUGE problem, and so are right-wing extremists and their apologists. As always, you’re wrong, its not worse in India. There are lots of Shiite Muslim Indians in India who are safer, and despite the Lucknow dispute and common prejudice, Sunni Muslim Indians have refrained from embracing bigoted violent sectarian Wahhabi ideologies or militancy like some of the majority in Pak. You want praise and gratitude for what? Dishonesty and betrayal? That we’re not treated as bad with Hindu Indians, who ironically are actually more sympathetic to minority sectarian Muslims, even those in Pak? For not being involved in full blown genocide yourself instead of a ‘few’ massacres? Oh thank you majority master, er, brother, for sparing some of us….(sarc)
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