President takes notice of province's security situation. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari issued a presidential proclamation, imposing governor’s rule in Balochistan, Express News reported on Monday.
Taking notice of the deteriorating security situation, Zardari has decided to visit the turbulent province and meet all the stakeholders.
Under governor’s rule, the powers of the provincial government will now be transferred to the National Assembly in the absence of a provincial legislature for necessary legislation. The governor with a small cabinet will govern the province under the emergency rule till fresh elections are held.
The rule will be imposed for 60 days.
The declaration follows Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf’s decision to invoke Article 234 of the Constitution and declare a state of emergency in the province.
The move comes in response to protests by members of Hazara community at the site of January 10 twin bombings in Quetta. The protesters held vigil beside the shrouded bodies for three days in row, demanding that the army take control of Quetta.
'Governor's rule not against democracy'
Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said the decision to impose governor’s rule in Balochistan was based on consensus taken after consultation with all the stakeholders including the political parties, Radio Pakistan reported.
Kaira said the step was in accordance with the Constitution and was not against the democratic norms.
Regretting the loss of precious lives in Quetta blasts on January 10‚ Kaira said the members of Hazara community resorted to a powerful mode of protest by not burying the victims of the sectarian attack.
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mirza/Ayub frankenstein comes back to Pakistan! Why not, let us start Goveror's rule in all provinces and hand over the administration to military. The politicians need rest time. This is Pakistan democracy.
Rex Mnor
Too late now! Matured leadership, Pakistan needs to be present in President House,in Chief Minister House,in Prime Minister House.
I wear my sunglasses at night
Whom did you hear-dead or alive? The question is so very simple that everyone including common street fellow even knows the answer except me and therefore I am very humbly requesting none but our worthy President Asif Ali Zardari to please enlighten me at least if not the nation as to whom did you listen to and agree with in Quetta to dismiss Chief Minister of the province of Baluchistan and promulgate Governor Rule since there were none but just two distinctive parties were involved namely the dead and alive? Iqbal Hadi Zaidi / Kuwait / iqbalhadizaidi.formerdiplomat@hotmail.com
Lets see what difference this makes.
@Jan: what he is done in five years still recalling past,this democracy of comprise was only to prolong but not to deliver,personal business,kickback,percentage was the name of the game.
@Jan
Very, very right brother. I'm with you on this. Jeay Zardari.
Jan and Shah: People like you will elect these people again, and we are all gone. :-) But I want you to know that I will not let you do it again. :-)
@Shahzad: You r mindless. Jea Bhutto. What fault Zardari has committed. He is paying for blunders of Musharraf, Zia ul Haq whose ill advised policies have made us suffer from Cancer and ur thinking is also cancerous becoz u took doses of successive martial law policies and propaganda.
@Mohammad Ali Siddiqui: The two are different. One is law and order situation. The other is genocide and ethnic and religious cleansing.
Shah: I see people like you and then I loose all the hope in humanity.
It was easy for the PPP Government to dismiss the government in Baluchistan.
The situation of Karachi is not different from Quetta. Can the PPP government dismiss the Sindh Government and impose emergency, as on an average 10 to 15 people are killed every day and without fsil in the target killing.
Now that immediate steps have been taken, state functionaries, FC, police, and judiciary must start doing their job to bring justice to the criminals and perpetrators of these horrendous acts, instead of failing the people over and over again. If they fear to take on, they must relinquish their jobs or be fired.
Finally the lion in action ! ! Jeaay Bhutto !
Please Sir , We don't need you now.......