Quetta carnage: Kabul payout offered to kin of Hazara blast victims
President Karzai expresses grief over the attack, loss of life.
Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Mohammad Omer Dawoodzai hands over a cheque to a family member of Hazara town blast victim. PHOTO: INP
QUETTA:
The Afghan government will be offering monetary compensation to the families of those who lost their loved ones in the Kirani Road terrorist attack, said Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Mohammad Omer Dawoodzai.
On February 16, a bomb targeting the Shia Hazaras in a packed bazaar killed 64 people and wounded 180 others. The incident attracted wide international condemnation.
“Each heir of the deceased would be given 100,000 afghanis, while the injured would be given 50,000 afghanis,” announced the envoy, during a visit to Quetta to meet the bereaved relatives on Thursday.
Omer said that he was in Quetta on the special directives of President Hamid Karzai, and he read out a written condolence message from him to the aggrieved families. “The Afghan government equally shares the sorrow with the refugees no matter what ethnicity they belong to - whether they are Pashtun, Uzbek or Turkmen as all those belonging to Afghanistan are equally important for us.”
The Afghan president’s message also announced the compensation amount for the dependants of the victims.
Furthermore, the Afghan emissary also called on Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi, asking him to provide better medical care for the injured. He said that most of the victims were residents of Ghazni province in Afghanistan.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 9th, 2013.
The Afghan government will be offering monetary compensation to the families of those who lost their loved ones in the Kirani Road terrorist attack, said Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Mohammad Omer Dawoodzai.
On February 16, a bomb targeting the Shia Hazaras in a packed bazaar killed 64 people and wounded 180 others. The incident attracted wide international condemnation.
“Each heir of the deceased would be given 100,000 afghanis, while the injured would be given 50,000 afghanis,” announced the envoy, during a visit to Quetta to meet the bereaved relatives on Thursday.
Omer said that he was in Quetta on the special directives of President Hamid Karzai, and he read out a written condolence message from him to the aggrieved families. “The Afghan government equally shares the sorrow with the refugees no matter what ethnicity they belong to - whether they are Pashtun, Uzbek or Turkmen as all those belonging to Afghanistan are equally important for us.”
The Afghan president’s message also announced the compensation amount for the dependants of the victims.
Furthermore, the Afghan emissary also called on Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi, asking him to provide better medical care for the injured. He said that most of the victims were residents of Ghazni province in Afghanistan.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 9th, 2013.