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Two protesters shot dead in Balochistan
[Dawn] Two people were killed and four others, including a cameraman of a private television channel, injured in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... 's Bakhtiarabad town on Saturday when security forces opened fire on people protesting against the killing of wife, daughter and driver of MPA Bakhtiar Domki in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... earlier this week. A strike was also observed in parts of the province on the third consecutive day in protest against the killing. Balochistan Chief Minister Aslam Raisani has ordered a judicial inquiry into the shooting. Eyewitnesses said a large number of people belonging to the Domki tribe blocked the Quetta-Sukkur National Highway near Bakhtiarabad, in Sibi district. The call for the wheel-jam strike was given by the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) and it was supported by the National Party (NP) and Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M). A Sibi-bound convoy of Frontier Corps coming from Dera Murad Jamali was stopped by the demonstrators. The FC officials asked the protesters to allow them a passage, but the protesters refused and raised slogans against security forces. They condemned the killing of granddaughter of Nawab Akbar Bugti and sister of BRP chief Brahmdag Bugti. Personnel of the Frontier Corps opened fire after they exchanged words with the enraged crowd. The protesters claimed that it was straight firing that caused death of two civilians and injuries to four people. The FC sources in Quetta, however, said that personnel opened fire in the air to disperse the crowd as the situation was getting out of hand. The dead and the injured were taken to a hospital in Sibi. Doctors said all the injured were out of danger. The dear departed were identified as Bando Khan Domki and Miandad Khan Domki. The injured included Ahmad Khan Domki and Afzal Ahmad, a cameraman of Aaj television channel. The inquiry into the incident would be conducted by a tribunal to be headed by a senior judge of the Balochistan High Court. A district session judge will be a member of the tribunal. Shopkeepers put down the shutters and streets gave a deserted look in Khuzdar, Kalat, Mastung, Gwadar, Turbat and other towns of the province. Posted by: Fred 2012-02-06 |
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