Hazara Women Rise Against Targeted Killings

The Baloch Hal News

Several activists of Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) Women wing on Monday staged a protest in front of the Balochistan Assembly against targeted killing of people belonging to Hazara community in Quetta. “We present our bangles to the members of Balochistan Assembly who have miserably failed to provide security to the members of Hazara community and bring the culprits to book,” the charged protestors said. Protestors were carrying party flags and placards inscribed with different demands such as “Down with sectarian killing and down with incompetent Balochistan government”. Six people, including a woman belonging to Hazara community were killed in sectarian target killing on March 29 when unknown armed men ambushed their van at Spanny Road Quetta. Throwing and tying bungles on the main gate of Balochistan Assembly, the infuriated protestors were shouting full-throat slogans against provincial government. Addressing on the occasion, HDP Woman wing leaders, Nazneen Zaman and Rifat Hazara strongly condemned Spanny Road incident, saying now the killers even not sparing our women. “We are here to register our protest because provincial government has failed to provide security to the people,” they alleged, and adding that for the past one decade the genocide of Hazara community was underway that had compelled women to come out of their homes and demand for security to their people. They regretted that innocent people were being ruthlessly killed and the cost of their life had become cheaper than that of animals and adding that the provincial government was only taking steps for its own security. “We request Chief Justice of Pakistan, who is in Quetta, to deliver justice to Hazara community and bound provincial government for taking stern action against culprits involved in the killing of innocent people, they added. They said that despite repeated targeted killings of Hazara people, the administration had failed to arrest culprits, therefore we present our bangles to the members who were sitting in the assembly. At the end, the protestors threw and tied bungles on Balochistan Assembly’s main gate before dispersing peacefully.