Rice mills association announces protest

As provincial government fails to arrest killers of the slain association’s president Muhammad Nawaz Mengal

QUETTA: The President of Sindh Balochistan Rice Millers and Traders Association (SBRMTA) Haji Qamar Din said that the provincial government has failed to arrest killers of the slain association’s president Muhammad Nawaz Mengal, therefore, rallies would be staged across Balochistan and Sindh.

He made the announcement on Wednesday while addressing a meeting, adding that the association would lock the rice units for an indefinite period until the provincial government arrests the killers of the former president.

“Government of Balochistan has failed to protect the province’s businessmen community. The investigation is completed over Haji Nawaz Mengal’s case but police and LEAs are reluctant to arrest the killers.” Haji Qamar Din said, urging CM, Home Minister and IG Police to take immediate action against the assassins.

He added that traders and businessmen are the backbones of the country’s economy but despite paying billions of rupees in taxes, they are not protected in the province.

“Terrorists received ransom from five traders of Balochistan and they are still threatening us from foreign numbers to withdraw from demands of protection,” Haji Qamar said.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 19^th, 2019.