QUETTA: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Baluchistan
chapter’s leader Tahir Hussain Advocate has said that some 143 people
were killed and about 180 were injured in the incidents of target
killings, bomb blasts and other terrorists’ activities in Balochistan
province.
Hussain expressed his apprehension during a press
conference at Quetta Press Club here on Saturday. He said that HRCP had
always raised its voice against human rights violation in the province.
He said that extra judicial arrests, non-recovery of missing persons,
targeted killings, kidnapping for ransom, religious terrorism and
highway robberies have become a daily routine in Balochistan.
He
said that political workers and people form other walks of life are
disappearing , which is the violation of the law .Commission
constituted for recovery of missing persons has also filed a writ
petition in this regard, but no recovery could not be made so far.
He
said that the incidents of finding defaced dead bodies are on the rise.
He said that last year 50 people from Hindu community were kidnapped,
returned after paying ransom. The minorities have stopped their
children from going to school due to sense of insecurity in
Balochistan. Similarly two people were killed in the name of religious
terrorism during last month in the province.
He said that
during last few years some 188 mutilated dead bodies were recovered ,
in addition to this some 83 people were killed in 50 incidents of
targeted killings., whereas 58 lost their lives and 174 injured in 12
big blasts, whereas 26 people were kidnapped for ransom.
He
severely condemned the incidents of acid throwing on the female
teachers and demanded the government to provide security to them in the
province. Online
