Ethnic violence: Sherpao condemns Mastung carnage

Sherpao expressed solidarity with the bereaved families

PESHAWAR:

Condemning the Mastung carnage, Qaumi Watan Party Chairperson Aftab Ahmad Sherpao demanded the federal government and the government of Balochistan investigate the incident and ensure security is provided to the Pukthun population.

In a statement issued from Watan Kor on Sunday, he expressed solidarity with the bereaved families and said the miscreants want to create “ethnic chaos in the province as they killed 19 Pukhtuns” and let the non-Pukhtun cleaners off the buses after checking their identity cards.

Commenting on law and order during the local government polls, the QWP chief said both the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government and Election Commission of Pakistan failed to conduct fair and free elections in the province. The handout added, five QWP workers were killed as a result of “poor arrangements”.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 1^st, 2015.