Asif Iqbal from Lahore is among those who died in the attack in the southern province of Balochistan on Sunday, whose family is searching for answers to many questions about his death.
The family of 31-year-old Asif Iqbal, who was killed along with his friend in Balochistan on Sunday night, is saddened by his death, and the grieving relatives sitting outside his house in Lahore with his picture kept asking ‘why was he killed’.
Asif Iqbal’s sister told Reuters news agency, “You can’t imagine what that scene was like.” It was a very bad sight to see his brother in such a state.’
Kajal further said that ‘His eye was out, his mouth was split open and his teeth were broken. What was his fault?’
Asif Iqbal’s brother Atif Iqbal asked, ‘What is the problem in Quetta that when a Punjabi goes from here, he does not come back walking on his feet but on four shoulders.’
He has said that this is a great resurrection for us. What is happening to our father, what is happening to my mother, what is happening to my siblings, I cannot tell.
On the other hand, the national highway connecting Quetta with Karachi in Pakistan’s southern province of Balochistan has been opened for traffic by the Levies administration according to local authorities.
As a result of the recent violent attacks in Balochistan, levies patrolling and security have been increased on the national highway and Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner and other officials are present on the spot.
Assistant Commissioner Mastung Muhammad Akram Harifal told the media that the armed men attacked Khad Kocha Levis police station which was foiled.
According to reports, the armed men opened fire at Levis police station and Azizabad. However, the attackers escaped due to the retaliatory fire of the security forces. There was no loss of life or property in the attack.
Extremist organization Baloch Liberation Army (BLA)BLA) had claimed responsibility for the attacks in several places in recent days.
In a statement, the organization claimed to have arrested the officials of the Khadkocha Levies police station in Mastung and captured the police station.
However, the authorities did not confirm or deny this. The armed group also admitted to blocking the main highway at Khad Kocha.
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Militants killed 39 people in separate incidents in Musakhel, Mastung, Bolan and Kalat in a single day while 21 militants were killed in retaliatory action by security forces. 14 security personnel also lost their lives.
Cases against eight incidents of terrorist activities in several districts of Balochistan were registered in the police station of the Anti-Terrorism Department.
According to the news agency AFP, Pakistani forces are busy tracking down the militants involved in the attacks.
Kia Baloch, an analyst and former journalist who monitors militancy in the province, told AFP that the authorities were only using force to quell the two-decade-old conflict rather than seek a political solution.
“This approach has led to an increase in retaliatory acts by the youth and has fueled the insurgency rather than reducing it,” he said.
“Never before have there been so many coordinated attacks in several districts of Balochistan.”
Meanwhile, in a conversation in Lahore, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, head of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, in response to Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s statement, said that things like ‘killing police officers’ will worsen the situation.
He insisted that all resources should be the right of the local population.
Balochistan, which shares borders with Afghanistan and Iran, is a backward province of Pakistan despite its abundance of natural resources, lagging behind the rest of the country in terms of education, employment and economic development.
Baloch separatists have stepped up attacks in recent years on Pakistanis from neighboring provinces working in the region, as well as foreign energy companies, including deadly attacks on Chinese nationals.
President Asif Ali Zardari, in a conversation with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti, has emphasized to take effective measures for the complete elimination of terrorism.
President Zardari said that all possible measures will be taken to improve the law and order situation in Balochistan.
Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti met with Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Islamabad yesterday. meeting of
On this occasion, the Prime Minister said that the terrorist attacks in Balochistan yesterday were cowardly acts which cannot be justified.
He directed all possible steps to improve the law and order situation in the province.
He also pointed out the terrorists and instructed to take vigorous action against them.
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2024-08-29 15:25:09