In the UN, rights activists lambasted Pak Army for suicide blasts, targeted killings

Geneva [Switzerland]September 29 (ANI): Pakistan was literally dragged over the coals by human rights activists at the United Nations on Friday for repeated suicide blasts and targeted killings in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Speaking to ANI, on the sidelines of the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council, two rights activists explained the pattern of terrorist attacks in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying they mostly took place in areas where people "don't want their government." Voice Association President Munir Mengal said, "If you analyze these terrorist attacks are done in Balochistan or Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...It is basically done in the areas where people do not want their government..."Meanwhile, Pashtun Human Rights Activist and PTM Member Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi told ANI that the Pakistan Army attacked its own civilians.

"Analyzing the security situation in Pakistan, it is clear that since they have made a so-called peace deal with the Taliban, the TTP has entered Khyber Pakhtunkhwaeven settled in Balochistan... Although Pakistan says they are against them, but they are a who are sponsoring them...Target killings have increased...Pakistan Army is attacking its own civilians...,” he said.

Earlier in the day, the World Sindhi Congress condemned the killing of eight civilians, including men and women, in a joint operation carried out by law enforcement officers in the village of Mari in Sakrand, a town in the Sindh province of Pakistan.

The World Sindhi Congress (WSC), a human rights organization, has also called this law enforcement agency an act of "fascists and ethnic cleansing of Sindhi people." According to Sindhi media reports, as cited by The Express Tribune, the LEA staff tried to enter residences without a warrant or warning. In response, the locals tried to talk to them and requested all the necessary documents to be produced, but this escalated and the LEA staff opened fire.

Separately, the Sindh United Party accused the Pakistan People's Party of deploying the police to intimidate its supporters in a village that had consistently supported the SUP as elections approached.

At the UN, another research analyst also criticized Pakistan on Friday, accusing it of creating a hostile environment for religious minorities by promoting Sunni Islamist extremism.

Conor Owens, an analyst working with the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) while speaking at the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council said, “The recently introduced resolution that Pakistan introduced in the last session of this Council in the light of the burning of the Koran in Sweden tries to reduce manifestations of religious hatred." (ANI)


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