Rights lawyer leads HRCP fact finding mission in Quetta
Asma Jahangir says time has come decide who will rule the country, politicians or the military.
Jahangir said that the lawyers have always played a positive role on Balochistan’s issue and always raised their voices against the ongoing atrocities in the province.
QUETTA:
As extra judicial killings and bullet riddled bodies continue to be found in Balochistan, the time has come to decide who would run this country, politicians or the military, lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir said on Monday as she led a fact finding mission to the troubled province on Monday.
Addressing the Balochistan Bar, Jahangir said that the lawyers have always played a positive role on Balochistan’s issue and always raised their voices against the ongoing atrocities in the province.
“The extra judicial killings and mutilated bodies are being found in Balochistan, which is a negative step.”
Jahangir added that time has to come that we decide who would really run this country, politicians or the military leadership on gun point.
She said the recent general elections have proved that the people of the country believed in democracy despite the immense challenges facing people who took part in the elections.
The former Supreme Court bar association president said that previous governments made such policies, which have made today’s democratic government stronger and independent, and that it is time for everyone to play their due role to make the country prosper.
“The Balochs are as patriotic as any other,” she said, adding that they need to be given their rights.
Jahangir said that the incumbent provincial government has given the chance to the Baloch nationalists, which is a good sign for the province, but the provincial government still needs to do more.
Jahangir is leading the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) high level fact finding mission to Balochistan in light of the terrorist attacks in Quetta and Ziarat earlier in June.
As extra judicial killings and bullet riddled bodies continue to be found in Balochistan, the time has come to decide who would run this country, politicians or the military, lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir said on Monday as she led a fact finding mission to the troubled province on Monday.
Addressing the Balochistan Bar, Jahangir said that the lawyers have always played a positive role on Balochistan’s issue and always raised their voices against the ongoing atrocities in the province.
“The extra judicial killings and mutilated bodies are being found in Balochistan, which is a negative step.”
Jahangir added that time has to come that we decide who would really run this country, politicians or the military leadership on gun point.
She said the recent general elections have proved that the people of the country believed in democracy despite the immense challenges facing people who took part in the elections.
The former Supreme Court bar association president said that previous governments made such policies, which have made today’s democratic government stronger and independent, and that it is time for everyone to play their due role to make the country prosper.
“The Balochs are as patriotic as any other,” she said, adding that they need to be given their rights.
Jahangir said that the incumbent provincial government has given the chance to the Baloch nationalists, which is a good sign for the province, but the provincial government still needs to do more.
Jahangir is leading the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) high level fact finding mission to Balochistan in light of the terrorist attacks in Quetta and Ziarat earlier in June.