In a statement issued on Thursday, the Commission said: "HRCP has watched with growing concern the reprehensible and lengthening shadow of sectarian bloodshed in Gilgit-Baltistan and condemns it unequivocally.
"The relative calm in Gilgit following the imposition of curfew and deployment of troops is a tense one and retaliatory attacks and incidents of hostage taking have been reported amid concerns that the authorities have responded only to some of the more violent incidents and are proceeding in a reactive manner.”
Expressing concerns regarding the indefinite curfew imposed in the restive north, "HRCP is very concerned at the people facing great difficulties as provisions and food stocks, even milk for children, have run low. In hospitals medicines are scarce and food is being rationed as curfew has continued without a break.”
“The lives of those who have provided shelter to others irrespective of sect or faith and only out of concern for human life find their own lives are now at risk as a consequenc,” it read adding, “everything must be done to ensure safety and protection for their lives and property.”
Calling for a comprehensive plan at tackling the growing incidence of sectarian violence, it said “it would be naïve to think that the scars of the events of the last few days in Gilgit-Baltistan would go away by imposing curfew and shutting down cellular phone services or by preaching calm. The monumental task of healing the wounds and promoting sectarian harmony must begin at the earliest in consultation with the affected communities and should be persisted with.”
It called on the political parties to play their role in promoting peace and “desist from indulging in point scoring and in addition to publicly expressing their unambiguous condemnation for violence they should also share with the people their vision for controlling the situation and preventing recurrence of such senseless violence in the future.”
Demanding action to be taken against the perpetrators, it said “those who have fanned the strife in Gilgit-Baltistan must be identified and held to account as must those who pulled the trigger in target killings.”
The statement went further and demanded action in stemming the alarming increase in sectarian violence across the country. “In fact, there is every reason to pay equally urgent attention to contain the continuing bloodletting based on sectarian identity in Quetta, Karachi and elsewhere in the country and send a clear message to the hate mongers that they will not be allowed to take the people and law and order hostage."
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as long as these killings are in the name of god- should be ok, I guess...
i like this..... realy??? at least they rise the voice after decades,,, no body no whats going on inside that hills,,,