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Report sought on action against banned outfits in Balochistan
[DAWN] A Senate panel on Friday sought a report from the interior ministry on the action taken so far against Death Eaters and banned outfits involved in Hazara ...a grouping of Dari-speaking people of Sino-Tibetan descent inhabiting Afghanistan and Pakistain. They are predominantly Shia Moslems and not particularly warlike, which makes them favored targets...killings. The Senate Standing Committee on Interior met with Senator Rehman Malik Pak politician, Interior Minister under the Gilani government. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Nawaz Sharif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. He had to give up the interior ministry job because he held dual Brit citizenship. in the chair, where members voiced serious concern over the Quetta blast and continued killings of members of the Hazara community. It was decided that the next meeting would be held in Quetta, specifically on the agenda of the Hazara killings. The interior ministry was directed to submit a comprehensive report on the Quetta blast and also apprise the committee of the action so far taken against the Death Eaters and banned outfits involved in Hazara killings. The panel also sought a report about the release of activists of banned outfits in the near past 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... Senator Malik said the involvement of the hostile neighbour and other external forces in terrorist activities in Balochistan could not be ruled out as such blasts appeared to be a conspiracy to incite sectarian festivities and destabilise Pakistain. He said that the Shia Hazara community of Balochistan had been targeted for a long time and it was time to bring an end to their killings by taking fierce action against Death Eaters and banned outfits. He said that he had already called a special meeting for briefing on implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP). However, nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits... at the request of the interior ministry, some more time was given to them for the briefing. Posted by: Fred 2019-04-14 |
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