Inspector of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Vilayat Hussain, TV actor Abid Nazish and Mohammad Anwar were shot dead by unknown assailants on Wednesday night in Quetta, in what appeared to be an incident of sectarian killing. However, no outfit had claimed responsibility for the killings.
Protestors marched through various roads and held a demonstration on Zarghoon Road outside the Balochistan Assembly building. They were carrying placards and banners with messages against target killing.
They raised slogans against the government and the chief minister for their failure to overcome the growing incidents of target killing and kidnapping for ransom in Quetta.
Vice President of HDP Mirza Hussain said Hazara community was being subjected to target killing for the past several years and the government had failed to launch a crackdown against the criminals. “Government should answer who are the target killers? And how they carry out deadly attacks with complete impunity,” he added.
Protestors said four people belonging to Hazara community were kidnapped a few days ago from Quetta-Chaman highway and were still missing. “The kidnappers approached the families and asked for a huge amount as ransom for the release of these four people,” one of the protestors said.
HDP warned that they will hold protest demonstrations across the world where Hazara community is residing, to lodge their protest against the organised target killings if government and law enforcing agencies failed to protect the innocent lives.
“We are Pakistanis and do not want to give a bad name to our country by holding protest in other countries. But now we are being pushed against the wall and left with no option,” Hussain said, adding that Hazara community is demanding an end to the target killing and kidnappings.
Meanwhile, Provincial Ministers Ayinullah Shams of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and Sultan Tareen of Awami National Party (ANP) addressed the protestors and assured them that government will soon hold a meeting to review the law and order situation.
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My thanks to the Express Tribune for coverage. In fact, the government is reluctant to take any step in this regard. It is only interested in completing its term and looting the country.
@pAKEE boY: Hazaras are not involved in single act of terrorism. the whole pakistan know that Hazaras are the most civilized, educated and law abiding people, do not divert the mentality of people in posting wrong comments.
We are losing our intellectuals.... yesterday we have lost our famous actor, inspector (FIA) and our poet. Yesterday our people losing their lives for the sake of Pakistan, today we the victim in our own home.
It is not the first time that Hazaras of Pakistan particularty residinng in Quetta were brutally killed. Earlier also they were massacred especailly, the previous years on the month september, 30 Hazaras has been killed in Mastung district Balochistan when they were on thier way to Iran. they were unboarded from a Bus and massacred. Now there is no option before Hazaras else to raise thier voice throughout the world against the government of Pakistan. Hazaras r resding in large number in Europe, Australia and America and they have the power to protest world wide.
I feel sad to hear target killings of their community in Quetta ,,aren't they humans,or don't they have the right to live in Pakistan,, aren't they Pakistanis they are and they deserve the right to live
butwhat when their community personnel kill others and they don't care about that ,, why that is not highlighted like the Sunni Ulema killed by them ,,
I say its a matter of govt and them,, solve it yourself its good, ,,, its TIT for TAT
''government will soon hold a meeting to review the law and order situation.'' What A JOKE