Targeted: Protest erupts in city over sectarian killings in DI Khan
Demonstrators say implementation of NAP would have prevented attacks
Activists of Imamia Students Organisation chant slogans against targeted attacks on two lawyers and the same number of teachers in DI Khan. PHOTO: PPI
PESHAWAR:
Imamia Students Organisation took to the streets on Saturday against targeted attacks on two lawyers and the same number of teachers in DI Khan. The protesters gathered outside Peshawar Press Club and shouted slogans against the government.
They strongly condemned the killing of two lawyers and demanded the government arrest the assailants.
The participants criticised the government over its failure to effectively implement National Action Plan (NAP).
According to the protesters, such an incident would not have taken place if NAP had been implemented in an effective manner.
The demonstrators said incidents of target killing had rapidly increased in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. They said the government had become a silent spectator over killing of Shias.
The demonstrators urged the government to control sectarian killing. They threatened to hold protests in future if the matter was not addressed at once.
The backdrop
On Thursday, four people – two lawyers and two teachers – were killed in DI Khan. The police believe all four people were targeted on sectarian grounds.
On Friday, lawyers took to the streets of DI Khan to raise a voice against the killings. Court proceedings were boycotted by lawyers as they went on strike.
Lawyers demanded the administration and government provide protection to their community and take strict action against the culprits. FIRs were registered against the target killings of the four people.
On the same day, An official of Board of Revenue, Anwar Zeb, was killed when unidentified people opened fire at his car on Dalazak Road within the jurisdiction of Paharipura police in Peshawar.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 8th, 2016.
Imamia Students Organisation took to the streets on Saturday against targeted attacks on two lawyers and the same number of teachers in DI Khan. The protesters gathered outside Peshawar Press Club and shouted slogans against the government.
They strongly condemned the killing of two lawyers and demanded the government arrest the assailants.
The participants criticised the government over its failure to effectively implement National Action Plan (NAP).
According to the protesters, such an incident would not have taken place if NAP had been implemented in an effective manner.
The demonstrators said incidents of target killing had rapidly increased in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. They said the government had become a silent spectator over killing of Shias.
The demonstrators urged the government to control sectarian killing. They threatened to hold protests in future if the matter was not addressed at once.
The backdrop
On Thursday, four people – two lawyers and two teachers – were killed in DI Khan. The police believe all four people were targeted on sectarian grounds.
On Friday, lawyers took to the streets of DI Khan to raise a voice against the killings. Court proceedings were boycotted by lawyers as they went on strike.
Lawyers demanded the administration and government provide protection to their community and take strict action against the culprits. FIRs were registered against the target killings of the four people.
On the same day, An official of Board of Revenue, Anwar Zeb, was killed when unidentified people opened fire at his car on Dalazak Road within the jurisdiction of Paharipura police in Peshawar.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 8th, 2016.