#Pakistan - Government fails to reduce growing unemployment in Balochistan

By: Yousaf Ajab Baloch

Saeed Ahmed,28, was one of the toppers among National Testing Candidate’s for teaching posts in Union Council Chatkan of Panjgur district, in 2015. Allegedly he was refused to be posted as a teacher, due to the non-availability of vacant post at his UC. This did not happen only in district Panjgur, however, almost in all districts of Balochistan various toppers in UCs were refused to be given their rights to be appointed as a teacher. The denial to almost 332 candidates resulted in peaceful protests in all districts of Balochistan.

The protests continued for more than twenty months in different districts of Balochistan and later they set a camp in front of Quetta Press club in 2018, demanding justice against merit.

The nonviolent protest could not get attention of Balochistan government. It not only resulted hopelessness among the NTS pass candidates but Saeed Ahmed committed suicide by burning himself in Panjgur Bazar as a protest on 5th September 2018, against injustice. Later burn injuries caused his death in a week.

On 30th November 2014, some 4259 vacant posts of Junior Vernacular Teacher(JVT), Senior English Teacher(SET), Junior English Teacher(JET) and others were announced through NTS, the applicants paid Rs 1000 for each post and nearly 93000 applications were submitted. Through this estimation the level of unemployment can be measured in Balochistan.

Tanweer Baloch one of the members of All Balochistan NTS Youth Action Committee told the scribe that the eligibility criteria for candidates was conditioned on UC base, however, more than three hundred toppers in different UCs have not been appointed. The NTS candidates, appeared in the tests on UC level but later they were not appointed.

“In order to adjust their favorite candidates, the district authorities had concealed posts and a limited number of vacant posts were announced in the newspapers.

And later on the name of DRC and CRC many fake and favorite candidates were appointed through illegal way,” Tanweer Baloch alleged.

Muhammad Khalid, another active member of All Balochistan NTS Youth Action Committee told that they had postponed their protest on assurance of Chief minister of Balochistan Jam Kalam Khan. “We were guaranteed that our concerns will be removed within two or three months but now one moth has completed but no development has been witnessed in this regard.”

Muhammad Khalid claimed that NTS candidates had number of proves where the appointments were against the merit and the candidates with low marks were posted. There seemed complete violation of merit in all the districts of Balochistan.

The office bearers of NTS youth Action Committee demanded that appointments of the of the candidates should be based on the merit list published on NTS website. The vacant posts earlier 2014 should be filled by appointing UC based toppers or they should be placed in newly established or schools. The decisions made by DRC or CRC should be called null and wide. The UC based toppers should be appointed if the new vacancies are announced.

There is great pearl of increased desperateness among educated youth in Balochistan if they are not provided their due rights and jobs. The seven recognized universities in Balochistan graduate more than 29,000 students annually, where nearly 10000 of them are female, however, less than 2000 of them can get jobs but the others remain jobless. This keeps the amount of jobless youth increasing.

As Balochistan in the first official report on multi-dimensional poverty has been marked poverty hit. As per the report, over two-third of the people in Balochistan, i.e., 71 percent of the population lives in multi-dimensional poverty. Out of 32 districts in Balochistan, only Quetta has Incidence of Poverty (IOP) of around 50 percent, while the remaining districts have IOP over 70 percent.

It was a ray of hope for jobless people in Balochistan when in the last government in December 2016, the Balochistan’s chief secretary Saifullah Chattha directed the authorities concerned to take measures for filling 35,000 vacant posts in government departments. Though a policy was also framed for the recruitment tests for posts of grade 11 to 15 through National Testing Service (N.T.S) and for

Grade 16 and above through Balochistan Public Service Commission (B.P.S.C) but time proved that no serious measures were taken and impossibility spread among youth and graduates.

Currently there are more than dozens of associations of graduates who have been struggling for jobs in different departments in Balochistan.

One of the graduates of Water Resources Management and member of the Water Resources Management Graduate’s Association Arif Mengal told the writer that HEC initiated Faculty of Water Resources Management in 2006 Lasbella University of Agriculture and Water Managements (LUAWMS) Uthal Balochistan. The output of the faculty was around 300 but unfortunately due attention was not giving to the full fledge water managers of LUAWMS which is symbol of non-serious attitude of policy makers.

He added: “The ultimate result of non-seriousness and ignorance persisted because the graduates are wandering here and there in search of any operational and applicable field & travelling in search of employments.

Arif Mengal told that They were not being utilized in the any of relevant fields in this duration of 10 years although the critical issue of water crises was prevailing in Balochistan. “LUAWM is one of institute which can provide potential graduates to the following departments of Irrigation, Agriculture, Public Health Engineering, WASA, Environmental protection agency.” Arif Mengal added.

Such as Chief Minister of Balochistan Jam Kama has said that for Balochistan youth, 9,000 to 10,000 vacancies would be announced in the February. The government has been working on different sectors to provide jobs to the youth of Balochistan”.

It should be noted that in a recent meeting with the prime minister, CM Kamal raised the job quota issue which currently stands at six per cent approx. 18,000 jobs in federal services.

Similarly, Balochistan Minister for Science and Information Technology, Population Welfare Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran shared in a press conference that recruitment process for more than 20,000 vacant positions would be completed by June2019 to reduce unemployment from the province. This should be noted that President All Balochistan NTS Action Committee Saiful Rehman, General Secretary Khadim Hussain, Tanveer Baloch, Muhammad Anwar Khan Khilji were also present on the occasion. The minister expressed thanks to the NTS Action Committee for ending their 10 months long protest on his request.

Giving hopes to youths in Balochistan continued last month. Federal Minister for Defence Production Zubaida Jalal shared a news that plans were being finalized under the public-private partnership to eradicate unemployment in Balochistan. She said that 20000 thousand new jobs would be awarded in the coming months.

A source on condition of anonymity told that bureaucracy is huge obstacle in announcement and filling of the vacant posts in Balochistan. Because all the last chief ministers Dr Malik Baloch, Sardar Sanullah Zehri, Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo tried their level best but could not get success to get announced and fill the posts.

“Currently there are thousands of vacant positions in education, health, Livestock, Revenue, home, agriculture and some other departments but it seems impossible until there is willingness of administration,” he added.

Though the scribe continuously tried to know provincial governments stance on the issue and future plans of the current government, but Bushra Rindh, the spokes persons of Balochistan Government did not response on the issue. However, Member of the ruling party and Balochistan Home minister Mir Ziaullah Langove expressed current efforts of government of Balochistan.

Talking to the Baloch Zindh Mir Ziaullah Langove said that it had been a great accomplishment of their government that lifted the ban that had been imposed on recruitment in all government departments. “Our government has approved nearly 35000 new recruitments in all government departments where merit will be top priority in new appointments.” Mir Ziaullah added.

“Government of Balochistan, Services and General Administration Department issued a Notification in December 2018 in connection with Restoration of Recruitment Process-Communication of Details of Vacant Posts BPS-01 to BPS-15,” Mir Ziaullah langove added.

Answering another question about Recruitment in the home department in Balochistan, he said that 10000 job vacancies will be announced in Balochistan Levies Force to cope with the alarming issue of unemployment in Balochistan. These job opportunities will not only enable youth in Balochistan to get a job but also provide services for nation.

#Balochistan: Nine people abducted from Kech and Nushki

Pakistani forces have abducted at least nine people from Balochistan’s district Kech and Chaghai on Friday.

According to details, the FC (Frontier Corps) and intelligence agencies have carried out offensives in Kohaad region of Tump in district Kech Balochistan.

The victims have been named as Heyatan son of Abdi, Niaz son of Qadirdad, Rashid son of Dilmurad, Mehran son of Rasul Bakhsh, Ezzat son of Khorsheed, Hameed son of Shahdad and Siddique.

Meanwhile, unknown assailants, driving a white Vigo car, have abducted a 13-year-old boy from Dalbandin city.

http://balochwarna.com/

Pakistan: Gunmen kill 14 on passenger bus

Dozens of gunmen were involved in the attack in the restive Baluchistan province. A separatist group has claimed responsibility.

Gunmen ambushed a passenger bus in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 14 people. A local official said it was unclear who was behind the shooting.

The men reportedly entered the bus, demanded to see everyone's IDs, and then commenced their attack on specific passengers. It remains unknown what ethnicity or denomination the assailants were marking.

Baloch separatists claimed responsibility for the attack later on Thursday. The insurgents seek Baluchistan's "independence" from Islamabad and are known to target the security services and people from Punjab, as they tend to make up the bulk of soldiers stationed in Baluchistan.

The separatists claim that the government does not evenly distribute the region's resources. There are also Islamist extremists active in the area, who have launched attacks on minority Shiite Muslims in the past.

https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-gunmen-kill-14-on-passenger-bus/a-48381318

‘Modi ka yaar and ghaddar’ - Immature, traitor & Modi agent: How Pakistan sees Imran Khan for his BJP love this election

IFTIKHAR ALAM 

Even the few who stand in support of PM Imran Khan in this hour of political isolation say it was avoidable to support Modi publicly.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s statement in support of Narendra Modi for a second term could well be a Congress ploy, according to India’s Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. But this claim of a conspiracy adds to the woes of Imran Khan, whose words are not being taken as very smart back home in Pakistan.

Academics, lawyers and journalists of Pakistan are calling Imran Khan’s remark a diplomatic blunder while leaders of Islamist parties have started dubbing him as ‘Modi ka yaar and ghaddar’ (friend of Modi and traitor) – a slogan Imran Khan had repeatedly chanted to taunt his main political opponent Nawaz Sharif during the election campaign of July 2018.

With no let-up in criticism, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had to clarifythat Imran Khan was quoted out of context, but this has failed to produce the desired effect on Khan’s political opponents.

Perhaps, this is why the Sindh Assembly (Pakistan’s second largest provincial assembly) Monday passed a resolution against PM Khan, less than a week after his pro-BJP statement, declaring him an “election agent” of PM Modi.

“If someone expects that the BJP government will be helpful to resolve (the) Kashmir issue, then he lives in fool’s paradise,” says Dr Hasan Askari, a leading political scientist.

But Askari is quick to dispel notions that Imran Khan’s statement will create any domestic trouble for the BJP. Askari knows that the BJP enjoys the support “mostly of Right-wingers”. “You know, this kind of vote-bank remains intact in almost all cases,” says the former caretaker chief minister of Punjab, Pakistan.

The matter, however, is not quite as simple as people have made it out to be. Abid Saqi, the former president of Lahore Bar Association, claims PM Imran Khan did not seem to assert the ‘conventional wisdom’ that Right-wing parties take bold steps to resolve domestic and international issues — the ‘Nixon goes to China’ argument — and nor did he make an abrupt statement similar to his past record.

Saqi said that Imran Khan made the comment based on the sense of assurance provided by the international powers.

In a private conversation with me, the senior lawyer clamed that Islamabad was assured by global powers during the recent face-off between India and Pakistan following the 14 February Pulwama attack that they will help resolve the Kashmir issue after NarendraModi is re-elected as India’s prime minister.

“A settlement on the lines of much debated Musharraf-Vajpayee formula could be agreed between India and Pakistan if the BJP again comes into power,” Saqi said.

Then there are some who say Imran Khan acted immaturely by making a statement that seasoned politicians would always steer clear of.

“Since he is not acquainted with diplomatic wisdom and norms, he voiced his opinion about Modi openly. Pakistan and India are presently in a state of war under Modi’s regime and wishing him another tenure is manifestation of confusion on diplomatic front,” says Shoaib Saleem, another senior lawyer and writer.

Saleem points to the political obstacle a statement like this creates for Imran Khan. “What if (Rahul Gandhi’s) Congress-led alliance wins the elections?” The lawyer’s question imagines the scenario where, after endorsing the BJP, Imran Khan is in a situation where he might have to initiate a dialogue on the Kashmir issue — but with the Congress instead of the BJP. In a political advice of sorts, Saleem tells Imran Khan to “learn at the earliest” that it’s the state, and not individuals, that matters. “Modi’s alleged friendship with Nawaz Sharif was detrimental for Pakistan but Imran Khan’s longing for him will cure our core issue… this is nothing less than a paradox.”

Religious leaders weigh in too

Imran Khan has similarly irked the Islamists who lashed out at him, saying there was ‘zero chance’ of any resolution of the Kashmir issue if Modi’s BJP wins the election for the second term.

Jamaat-e-Islami central leader Ameerul Azeem says that at a time when the BJP was bent upon repealing Article 370, Pakistan’s prime minister wished for the party to come into power.

Azeem says Imran Khan’s endorsement of Modi came on “the directions of the international lobby and business tycoon who wanted to see Modi in power”.

The condemnation of PM Khan’s statement by Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, which emerged as the biggest religious party in terms of vote-bank in Pakistan’s general election of 2018, comes with Indian and Kashmiri Muslims in mind. Spokesperson Ijaz Ashrafi flaysKhan for ‘rubbing salt on (their) wounds by issuing statement in favour of Modi”.

Supporters say ‘avoidable’

But such widespread condemnation doesn’t mean Imran Khan is left all alone in Pakistan. Some like Sohail Warraich, a leading journalist and TV anchor, reiterate PM Khan’s statement verbatim because they were “timely and accurate”, while some like Iqtidar Gilani, a journalist from The Nation, say the PM was “right in his claim” but could have avoided voicing it out nevertheless.

According to Warraich, Khan did not intentionally issue the statement to create some damageto the BJP’s poll campaign.

“A party like the Congress will not go to the extreme due to fear of backlash from the Right-wing parties. The past experience strengthens this idea. The Congress ruled India for such a long time and during that period, we saw meaningless dialogue. It was during the BJP’s rule that Pervez Musharraf and Atal Bihari Vajpayee reached close to an agreement on the Kashmir issue,” says Iqtidar Gilani.

#Pakistan - #PTI’s first wicket has fallen, Opp leaders say after Asad Umar’s ouster

Opposition leaders said on Thursday that the ouster of Asad Umar as finance minister and other major changes in Prime Minister Imran Khan’s cabinet had exposed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s competence in managing the country’s economic and governance challenges.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif said that Pakistan’s economy was being held hostage by ego, arrogance and stubbornness.

“Imran Khan Niazi should set aside his ego, arrogance and stubbornness and concentrate on the economy,” Sharif said.

Shehbaz added that he had made an offer to improve the economy since day one. “If time had not been wasted we wouldn’t have been facing such economic devastation.”

The PML-N leader said that more adverse economic situation will be encountered by the nation if further time is wasted.

Congratulating the nation over Umar’s ouster, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said the first wicket had fallen.

“The government’s entire team will return to the pavilion before the end of 50 overs,” he said, adding that Prime Minister Imran is unable to handle his team and the government.

“The selected PM is neither able to run the economy nor foreign affairs. Imran has pushed the country into a severe crisis. After the financial crisis, severe governance crisis has appeared in the country,” added the PPP chairman.

Former finance minister Ishaq Dar said that Asad Umar’s stepping down as the finance minister of the country reflected “cowardice”.

In his statement, Dar accused Umar of misleading the nation since 2014, adding, “Asad Umar remained the finance minister for eight months and laid distorted facts before the nation”.

He noted that there was only one month left in presentation of budget, while the agreement with International Monetary Fund (IMF) was also in its final stages.

“It was not appropriate for Asad Umar to leave the ground this way,” the former finance minister said.

He further said his party pointed to Imran Khan’s “lies” over the past three weeks.

“We pointed to the dropping of inflation bomb on the masses. We also gave suggestions to the government as to how could the economy be fixed,” Dar recalled.

“They did not listen to anything, and today, Asad Umar is resigning, which is inappropriate.”

“With the change of ministers, Imran Khan cannot escape responsibility of this economic catastrophe,” he said.

PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said the “real problem” lies not with the finance minister, but the prime minister.

In a tweet, Aurangzeb said Umar’s removal is an admission by the PM that “his policies have created an economic crisis.”

PML-N Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq stated a change in one of the most important cabinets is “not a good omen”.

Umar was removed as the finance minister on Thursday after facing mounting criticism in recent weeks over the state of Pakistan’s economy.

Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari took a jibe at the PTI government, saying the prime minister should appoint his sister “Aleema Khan as the new finance minister so she can sa-lie this whole mess together”.

https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/04/18/ptis-first-wicket-has-fallen-opp-leaders-say-after-asad-umars-ouster/

#PAKISTAN - #PTI’s U-turn exposes PEMRA’s wrong allegations of ‘fake news’

The tableau of constant U-turns by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is still on display. The composition of the cabinet has indeed changed even though the ever-eager Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) served legal notices on some media outlets on April 16. This action was taken over the airing of a news item regarding a possible cabinet reshuffle.

The PEMRA remained insistent that the report on the cabinet reshuffle was “fake news”. However, the “fake news” allegation is now proved to be completely unfounded after the departure of the finance minister from the cabinet. Asad Umar has now stepped down from his post and refused to take the new portfolio of the energy minister. While showing complete faith in the leadership of the prime minister by declaring him the “best hope for Pakistan” on Twitter, the former minister also announced that he had obtained the PM’s consent to decline the offer of a new ministry.

With Asad Umar now having receded to the background – at least for now – the focus has shifted to a legal drama entangling the PEMRA and its eagerness to issue a show cause notice over a news item that turned out to be “not-so-fake” after all. Both the PEMRA and Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry had been irked by the news items aired by some media networks regarding a cabinet reshuffle. Fawad Chaudhry himself has now lost his portfolio and will use his ‘expertise’ in science and technology. In tandem with the information minister, PEMRA declared the news to be false and claimed that both the channels were in sheer disregard of the Electronic Media Code of Conduct 2015 and also liable for a violation of PEMRA Ordinance 2002 and PEMRA Rules 2009. The media outlets were also instructed to respond within seven days, and the chief executive officers (CEOs) of both outlets were told to ensure personal appearance or to send their respective representatives at PEMRA’s headquarters in Islamabad on April 22.

Pakistan’s Finance Minister Resigns Amid Economic Crisis

Pakistan Finance Minister Asad Umar has resigned days after returning home from crucial talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a financial bailout package to avert a national balance of payments crisis.

While formally announcing his decision to leave Thursday at a hurriedly arranged news conference in Islamabad, Umar explained that he was asked to take the energy minister position instead of finance as part of a Cabinet reorganization.

Umar acknowledged his successor would have to make "some difficult decisions" to deal with economic challenges facing Pakistan.

Prime Minister Imran Khan's eight-month-old administration has faced sustained criticism from political opponents, independent commentators and the business community over the government's handling of the economic crisis facing the country. Much of that criticism was leveled against Umar.

Umar returned this week from Washington, where his delegation fleshed out details of Pakistan's next IMF bailout package that he said could be up to $8 billion.

Critics blamed the outgoing minister for taking months to finalize the IMF deal, saying the delay shattered investor confidence in Pakistan's economy. But speaking Thursday, Umar defended his performance.

"We have finalized the IMF agreement on much better terms than before.I have made these decisions.I refused to take the decisions that would have crushed the nation," Umar said without elaborating.

He said that an IMF mission is expected to visit Islamabad later this month to work out more details "since all major issues had been settled and documented," he said.

13th bailout

The long-delayed package would be Pakistan's 13th IMF bailout since the late 1980s and comes with a worsening economic outlook for the South Asian nation of more than 200 million people.

Former finance minister Salman Shah, while commenting on Umar's resignation, noted a lack of effective financial strategy was slowing down the economy, deterring all sorts of investments, fueling inflation and unemployment in Pakistan.

Late Thursday, the government made the formal announcement about the Cabinet reorginization, re-allocating certain portfolios and appointing new ministers as well as several special advisors to the prime minister. They included Abdul Hafeez Sheikh as advisor on finance to Khan. Sheikh served as finance minister of Pakistan under a previous government. Khan has also appointed Ijaz Ahmed Shah as his full time interior minister.

https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-s-finance-minister-quits-amid-criticism/4881233.html

Video - Bilawal Bhutto Congratulates Nation on Asad Umar Stepping Down as Finance Minister

اسد عمر کو ہٹانے کے مثبت نتائج ہوں گے، بلاول بھٹو

چیئرمین پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے کہا ہے کہ اسد عمر کو ہٹانے کے مثبت نتائج ہوں گے،امید ہے کالعدم تنظیموں سے تعلق رکھنے والے باقی وزیروں کو بھی ہٹایا جائے گا۔

میڈیا سے گفتگو کرتے ہوئے بلاول بھٹو زرداری کا کہنا تھا کہ حکومت کو 8 ماہ بعد احساس ہوا کہ ان کی معاشی پالیسیاں غلط ہیں۔

چیئرمین پی پی نے امید ظاہر کی ہے کہ اسد عمر کو ہٹانے سے معاشی صورتحال بہتر ہوگی۔
https://jang.com.pk/news/630373-bilawal-bhutto-reacts-on-finance-minister-asad-umars-departure

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اپوزیشن: د امنیت په اړه حکومتي دعوې ناسمې دي #Pakistan -

 د روانې اپريل مياشت پر۱۶مه د خېبر پښتونخوا اسمبلۍ په غونډه کې اپوزيشن ګوندونو پر صوبايي حکومت ټکونه وکړل چې ولې يې د پېښور د حيات اباد په څېر د يوې سيمې، چې د عامو خلکو ترڅنګ د حکومتي او امنيتي ادارو افسران هم پکې اوسي، امنيت ونه ساته.

دا له هغه وروسته ده چې امنيتي ځواکونو پر هم ياده نېټه د پېښور په حيات اباد سيمه کې هغه يوه کور په باروتو والوزاوه چې د پوليسو په وينا، يوشمېر وسله وال پکې پټ ول.

د پېښور پوليسو ويلي، د استخباراتي معلوماتو پر اساس يې له پوځ سره په ګډو عملياتو کې پينځه وسله وال وژلي.

خو د پښتونخوا په اسمبلۍ کې د اپوزيشن ګوندونو غړي شکايت کوي چې د يادې پېښې په اړه د دوی پوښتنو ته قانع کوونکی ځواب نه دی ويل شوی.

د پيپلز ګوند غړې نګهت اورکزۍ وايي، د حکومت دا دعوه نه مني چې ګواکې د حيات اباد په عملياتو کې يې په کور کې پټ ټول وسله وال وژلي دي.

"وسله وال تښتېدلي دي. يوازې دوه تنه وژل شوي دي چې موږ يې عکسونه ليدلي دي. امنيتي ځواکونو د وسله والو شمېر اووه ښودلی وو. او مهمه پوښتنه دا ده چې دوی ولې کور والوزاوه؟ حکومت دې ما پر دې منطق پوه کړي. دوی د ۲۴ ساعتونو اوږدو عملياتو په پای کې بايد موږ ته ووايي چې د ويجاړ کړل شوي کور دننه څه وو؟ حکومت تر دې دمه موږ ته، يعنې د ولس استازو ته هېڅ معلومات نه دي راکړي."

د پښتونخوا په اسمبلۍ کې د پېښور د خلکو يو بل استازی او د عوامي نېشنل ګوند غړی خوشدل خان وايي، د حيات اباد له پېښې معلومېږي چې يو چا ته په کرايه د کور ورکولو د پاکستان قانون په سمه توګه نه مراعاتېږي.

نوموړی زياتوي، د اسمبلۍ په غونډه کې يې له حکومته پوښتنه وکړه چې د هېواد وګړي او امنيتي سرتېري به اخر تر کومه د ترهګرۍ ضد جنګ قرباني کېږي؟

"سمه ده، موږ د خپلو ځوانانو او پوليسو قربانۍ منو، خو اخر تر کومه او د دې مسالې حل ولې نه راوځي؟ د ارمي پبلک سکول سانحه له موږ نه هېريږی، چې ماشومان مو پکې ووژل شول. دا څنګ کېدای شي چې وسله وال په حيات اباد غوندې يوه سيمه کې، چې شتمن خلک پکې اوسي، يو کور په کرايه ونيسي؟ موږ د کرايې کورونو قانون لرو، د پېښور پرمختيايي اداره د امنيت لپاره خپل انتظام لري. زموږ پوليس شته. نو پوښتنه مو همدا ده چې بیا ولې د ناامنۍ پېښو شاهدان يو؟ په اسمبلۍ کې زموږ دې پوښتنو ته ځواب و نه ويل شو، بلکې غونډه يې بل وخت ته وځنډوله."

خو د خېبر پښتونخوا حکومت وايي چې د صوبې امنيتي وضيعت د پخوا پرتله ښه شوی.

د صوبې د سېنېر وزير محمد عاطف په خبره، د دوی اولنۍ ترجيح امن ده او د دې هدف ترلاسه کولو لپاره خپل ټول وسايل پکار راولي.

نوموړي تمه وښوده چې د حيات اباد پېښې رپورټ به ژر ترلاسه او په اسمبلۍ کې له ناستو ګوندونو سره شريک کړي.

"امن د هر چا ضرورت دی او حکومت تر بل هر څه زياته توجه همدې موضوع ته ورکوي. خو دا هم باید ومنو چې له تېرو شاوخوا ۲۰ کالو راهيسې له امنيتي مسالو سره مخامخ يو، نو حلول يې داسې اسانه هم نه دی. موږ اپوزيشن ګوندونو ته وايو چې خپل کوښښ کوو. حالات تر ډېره ښه شوي او که خدای کول نور به هم ښه شي. په هر صورت، استخباراتي ادارې بايد خپلې هڅې لا تېزې کړي، ځکه چې د ترهګرۍ په روان جنګ کې د استخباراتو ډېر عمل دخل دی. پوليس مو تر پخوا زيات روزل شوي، پوځي عمليات روان دي، د دوی ترمنځ همکاري ښه شوې او دا چارې به نورې هم ښې کوو. هيله من يم چې د حيات اباد پېښې رپورټ به د اپوزيشن ګوندونو شکونه او شکايتونه تر ډېره ختم کړي."

تحريک طالبان پاکستان ويلي چې د حيات اباد په عملياتو کې وژل شوي وسله وال د دوی ملګري ول.

په پاکستان کې سياستوالو او د چارو شنونکو په بيا بيا ويلي چې په هېواد کې د ناامنۍ پېښو د بشپړ خاتمې لپاره ضروري ده چې حکومت د ترهګرۍ ضد قامي ايکشن پلان په سمه توګه عملي کړي.

https://www.mashaalradio.com/a/29886578.html

Praise for Pakistani food but silence on terror won’t help & German envoy must know that

HUSAIN HAQQANI

Reassuring bad governments that all is well is diplomatic equivalent of a doctor telling a diabetic he needn’t limit his sugar intake.

Germany’s ambassador to Pakistan, Martin Kobler, is returning home after having become the favourite diplomat of the country’s establishment and the large number of Pakistanis who consider a positive image more important than the positive realities. For two years, he tweeted about Pakistani hospitality, food, clothes, and even pottery, but never mentioned terrorism, human rights violations, or the political dysfunction normally associated with Pakistan abroad.

Kobler certainly made a certain type of Pakistani feel good about his or her country. But did he really advance German interests in Pakistan, which was his principal job, or even help Pakistan, which he might have been trying to do? After all, the outgoing German ambassador’s commentary did little to enhance bilateral trade and served little purpose than to endear Ambassador Kobler to Pakistanis tired of hearing criticism of their country.

It is not difficult to understand the frustration of Pakistanis, both at home and in the diaspora, over the negative portrayal of their country in the international media. They are hurt by adverse comments about anything to do with Pakistan because it reflects poorly on them even though they and their friends and family lead decent, productive lives.

Pakistanis would rather have their country’s name associated with good food, picturesque landscapes, a colourful culture, and the individual kindness of its people. But the harsh fact remains that discussion of any country by others focuses more on its politics and policies than on the virtues of its people or the beauty of its topography.

German scenery and Italian food did not change in the 1930s, but the two great European nations embraced ideologies that threatened peace, security, and individual freedom. How seriously could one take an ambassador who spent his/her tenure in Berlin or Rome during that period just praising the sights or tasting German beer and Italian wine?

Even tourists cannot gloss over harsh political and economic realities, let alone ambassadors from democracies in this era of the return of authoritarianism. The European Union, of which Germany is a leader, asserts that it “is based on a strong commitment to promoting and protecting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law worldwide”.

In playing the tourist at German taxpayers’ expense, Ambassador Kobler paid little attention to the notion of human rights being at “the heart of EU relations with other countries and regions”. He got excited by the praise from Pakistan’s establishment, its beneficiaries, and the Pakistanis who see admiration for Pakistan’s cuisine and mountains as palliative in the face of a series of adversities.

In the process, the German ambassador – who I am sure is a good, well-intentioned man and an otherwise sound professional – failed to uphold key aspects of the EU policy in public: promoting the rights of women, children, minorities and displaced persons. For all we know, Kobler might have raised issues, such as enforced disappearances, with Pakistani officials in private. But given his public praise, it is unlikely that his interlocutors took his private missives seriously.

The European Union’s Election Observer Mission for the July 2018 Pakistani elections protested that it had been given permission to observe the polls too late, limiting the scope of its work. Kobler did not join that remonstration. The observers noted that the election “was overshadowed by allegations of interference, restrictions on freedom of speech and the media, and unequal opportunities to campaign”.

Ambassador Kobler virtually overturned that criticism when he tweeted to congratulate “the millions of voters” who he said had “voted for the democratic handover of power”. This was presented to Pakistanis as an unconditional endorsement of the legitimacy of the election process, and was hardly what the EU Election Observer Mission had intended.

No one is suggesting that an ambassador should take up cudgels against the government or the elite of the country where they are assigned. But a Hippocratic Oath promising to do no harm must apply to diplomats as it does to doctors. Reassuring bad governments, and the people ruled by them, that all is well is the diplomatic equivalent of a doctor telling a diabetic that he does not need to limit his sugar intake.

As he leaves Pakistan, Ambassador Kobler can be sure that he will be welcomed back to heap praise on the people and land of Pakistan, ignoring the malfeasance of the institutions of state that have blighted the prospects for both the land and the people. But the German foreign ministry must make sure that their future representatives in dysfunctional countries do not add to that dysfunction with misdirected praise.

As for the Pakistanis who get intoxicated by the praise for their hospitality, culture, or panoramas, they must realise that improving Pakistan’s realities is more important than improving the country’s image. A German ambassador’s praise for Lahore’s street food does not change the fact that Pakistan has the world’s highest infant mortality rate and the second highest number of out-of-school children.

In seven decades, Pakistan has gone through four full-fledged wars, several proxy or civil wars, four direct military coups, multiple constitutions, and long periods without constitutional rule. It has lost half its land area in conflict and been accused of genocide leading to secession of the majority population.

Pakistan is associated in the mind of others with unremitting terrorism, frequent religious and sectarian strife, repeated economic failures, numerous political assassinations, continued external dependence, and chronic social underdevelopment. These are functions of politics and policy, not the result of people around the world not appreciating Pakistan’s cuisine or mountains.

Germany and Italy changed their image distorted by National Socialism (Nazism) and Fascism by assuring their neighbours of peaceful intentions and by rebuilding their economies under democracy with respect for human rights. That, not misplaced praise, is also the recipe for improving Pakistan’s image.

#Pakistan - Demonstration held in Skardu to condemn government failure against terrorism

A demonstration was held in Skardu where protesters condemned failure of the PTI government in crushing terrorist network in Quetta where innocent Shia Hazara community is being targeted.

The protest demo was held under the aegis of Baltistan Youth Alliance where MWM leader Allama Agha Syed Ali Rizvi, BYA leader Shaikh Hassan Johari, Anjuman Tajiran president Ghulam Hussain Athar and other notables spoke.

They condemned suicide bombing in Hazarganji fruit market in Quetta and expressed solidarity and sympathy with the families of the martyrs of the bombing that targeted Hazara Shia Muslims.

They said that humanity feels ashamed over unabated targeted terror attacks on Shia Hazara community but it is tragic that the shameless incumbent government failed to shoulder its responsibility. The speakers said that Prime Minister Imran Khan should have visited Quetta to meet heirs of the martyrs but he demonstrated callousness. They said it seems the PTI government itself patronizing extremists and terrorists.

http://shiitenews.org/shiitenews/pakistan-news/item/95990-demonstration-in-skardu-condemn-govt/

RSF Condemns 'Trumped-Up Charges' Against Pakistani Investigative Journalist

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned what it calls "trumped-up charges"

Jillani is due to appear in court in the port city of Karachi on April 17.

The Paris-based media watchdog said in a statement on April 16 that the case against Jillani has been designed to intimidate and silence Pakistan’s journalists and called on the court to dismiss the charges.

He has been charged under a controversial cybercrimes act and two Criminal Code provisions.

"Pakistan's authorities are yet again manipulating the laws in order to silence a journalist who dared to cross a red line by criticizing certain institutions," said Daniel Bastard, the head of RSF's Asia-Pacific desk. "It is shocking to see how, little by little, case by case, the Pakistani security agencies are tightening their vice in order to intimidate the entire media profession into censoring themselves."

against a Pakistani journalist.Shahzeb Jillani, an investigative reporter who works for the Urdu-language Dunya News TV channel, is accused of "cyberterrorism" and making "defamatory remarks against the respected institutions of Pakistan."

'Sarcastic' Language

Jillani, who previously worked for the BBC and Deutsche Welle, is known for his critical reporting on Pakistan's powerful army and intelligence services.

Criticism of the military establishment has long been seen as a red line for the media, with journalists and bloggers complaining of intimidation tactics including kidnappings, beatings, and even killings if they cross that line.

In September 2018, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists saidthat the climate for press freedom in Pakistan was deteriorating as the country's powerful army "quietly, but effectively" restricted reporting through "intimidation" and other means.

Jillani is accused of making "audacious remarks against invisible security forces of Pakistan" during an appearance on Dunya TV in 2017, and making similar comments in 2019.

The police report into the complaint said Jillani had also tweeted "sarcastic, derogatory, disrespectful and defamatory language" against Pakistani state institutions.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari expresses profound grief over loss of precious lives from heavy rainfall and over the loss of expensive crops also from the heavy showers

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has expressed his profound grief over loss of precious lives from heavy rainfall and over the loss of expensive crops also from the heavy showers.

In his message, the PPP Chairman expressed complete solidarity with the affected people and demanded immediate relief and rescue operations in all the the rain-hit areas without any differentiation. The federal government should without fail announce special relief packages for the affected population immediately for the crop growers and poor farmers who have suffered from the natural calamity.

He said that the ‘Benaami PM Imran Niazi’ is weary of the affected populous and it does not even seem he might reach them even for a photo session but he is grossly engaged and busy in giving a warm welcome to the IMF because he has no sympathy with the poor as he can neither hear painful cries and sighs of the rain-hit farmers and peasants nor of those who lost their beloved ones during heavy rains. It seems as if the Benaami PM has been directed not to stay in close or remote touch with the poor or else he might lose the foreign aids, loans, monetary funds and even the job he is selected for.

The PPP Chairman said that it is a deep miserable situation on the part of the Cabinet ministers who never exhaust when they are engaged in bullying the political rivals and with their loud and vociferous statements, are silent as they are dumb and deaf because they can’t even pass a sheer word of sympathy to the rain-hit poor farmers and the peasants.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the selected government of PTI is pretending to defeat the harsh and devastating crises through simple mimicry.

https://mediacellppp.wordpress.com/2019/04/17/bilawal-bhutto-zardari-expresses-profound-grief-over-loss-of-precious-lives-from-heavy-rainfall-and-over-the-loss-of-expensive-crops-also-from-the-heavy-showers/

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is correct about PTI’s Double Games with Takfiri terrorists

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called out the PTI Federal Government for the latter’s senior minister’s hobnobbing with Takfiri terrorists and hate mongers. Bilawal is correct.

In the image, PTI’s Interior Minister is hobnobbing with banned sectarian terrorists. The person circled behind him is Ahmed Ludhianvi – leader of ISIS-affiliated terrorist group, ASWJ-LeJ (aka Sipah Sahaba)Whenever such instances are brought to the attention of PTI supporters, they start abusing the messenger. Bilawal raised this issue in the Parliament. PTI leaders and supporters went ballistic and started abusing Bilawal instead of asking hard questions about their leaders.

This is the urban, upper middle class generation which has grown up hating PPP while absolving genocidal military dictators.

For generations of Pakistanis indoctrinated by Jamaat e Islami and it’s various political and ideological affiliates, there are no other villains besides the Bhutto family and the PPP. Of course, if someone leaves PPP, they become angelic again.

For decades, these brainwashed Pakistanis have been defecting Blame. It has now reached a point where this brainwashed lobby is now sitting in the same camp as killers and their apologists.
https://lubpak.net/archives/355962

Pakistan's Shia Genicide: ‘Shia homes empty, graveyards full’

BY ANWER ABBAS , (LAST UPDATED JANUARY 13, 2013)

Denouncing the Quetta bombings and the continuous incidents of Hazara killings, civil society activists, political parties and religious parties assembled outside National Press Club and staged a protest which concluded at the Super Market. Holding placards and pictures of the deceased, they protested against Quetta bombings on Thursday that resulted into killing of around 122 people of the Hazara community.Chanting slogans against the government and religious fanatics, the protestors expressed their complete solidarity with the Hazara community and demanded the government to provide protection to the Shia community. “Hazaras are Pakistanis like us, we all are Hazaras now, kill us all if you are unable to provide us security,” said Ferzana Bari, a human righsts activists.

She said that since the 1980’s, Hazara’s were being killed and no one was questioning the culprits. Bari questioned the army chief that was it not the duty of the armed forces to protect the lives of Pakistani citizens. “If yes, then why isn’t the army fulfilling its duty? How can unarmed citizens clash with the armed terrorists backed by agencies,” he said. Demanding the military to take administrative control of Quetta, MNA Bushra Gohar of the Awami National Party said thousands, including women and children, had refused to bury the bodies of their loved ones but not a single provincial minister visited them. Expressing her sorrow and grief, she expressed complete support to the Hazara community and asked the armed forces to ensure their protection and to end Hazara genocide.The ANP leader also demanded Prime Minister Pervaiz Ashraf to reach Quetta along with his cabinet to negotiate with the thousands of protestors and to meet their demands.

“It’s time for action now,” Gohar added.

He noted that the ANP had initiated efforts to contact all the political parties and to form a single point agenda focused of countering terrorism.Lashing at the federal and provincial government, she said both had failed in meeting their responsibility to protect Pakistani citizens.MNA Akhunzada Chittan termed the Quetta bombings as a great loss for the country. “His party laid many sacrifices fighting against the terrorists and would not tolerate terrorism in any circumstances,” he said. Hasan Nasir of the Awami Workers Party protested over the continuous genocide and demanded to book all those behind the killings. Leaders of the MWM asked the army chief to intervene into the issue take control of Quetta as the homes of Shias were now empty and their graveyards full.

Dr Ambreen Ahmed, Tahira Abdullah and other civil society leaders also criticized the federal and provincial government.

https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/01/13/shia-homes-empty-graveyards-full/

Facing genocide for decades, Shias want freedom from Pakistan

Faced with the prospects of breaking into several nations, Pakistan rather seems quite complacent when it comes to the systemic state-supported persecution of minorities, Shias included.

The scale of violence against the Shia Muslims that make up for some 20% of the population of the belligerent neighbour is such that it has been called genocide. No wonder, the Shias are up in arms to demand a nation of their own, separate from Pakistan.

The minority Hazara Shias of Baluchistan raised a massive protest rally after a bomb blast ripped through a fruit market in Quetta. In all, 24 people lost their lives in the blast for which the Pakistani Taliban and Sunni terror group Islamic State claimed joint responsibility.

This is not the first attack and perhaps will not be the last attack on the community that has been systematically targeted since 1963, from when the extremist Deobandi Sunni groups started receiving state patronage.

According to an estimate by the website called ‘Let Us Build Pakistan’, between 1963 when the first attack on the community at Therhi Khairpur in Sind was reported in media and December 31, 2018, 23,500 Shia Muslims were killed in Pakistan.

This was apart from the 45,000 Sunni Sufi or Barelvi Muslims and hundreds of Ahmadis, Christians, Hindus and other minority communities.

BBC ran a story titled, ‘The story of Pakistan’s ‘disappeared’ Shias recently, focusing on the instances of forced disappearances of Shia people from cities such as Karachi. While one Naim Haider, 30, was

According to experts, the Shia problem has diplomatic, apart from purely sectarian, angles to it. While Pakistan has Shia Iran as one of its neighbours and the Shia community is concentrated more in the bordering Baluchistan province, Pakistan has chosen to side with the Sunni aggressors supported by the ISI-Saudi nexus as the almost bankrupt economy of Pakistan needs Saudi petrodollars to keep flowing in.

https://www.mynation.com/india-news/pentagon-backs-india-says-asat-debris-expected-burn-up-in-atmosphere-pphk5y

USCIRF Condemns Terrorist Attack on Shi’a Muslims in Pakistan

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned in the strongest possible terms Friday’s terrorist attack in Quetta, Pakistan, which left more than 20 dead and dozens injured. The attack, for which the Islamic State has reportedly claimed responsibility, took place in a neighborhood heavily populated by Hazaras, a mostly Shi’a Muslim ethnic group.

“We offer our deepest condolences to those affected by this horrific and cowardly attack against a community that already has suffered terribly in recent years at the hands of extremist groups,” said USCIRF Chair Tenzin Dorjee. “We urge Pakistani authorities to hold the perpetrators accountable and to provide adequate protection for Hazara and other Shi’a Muslims who face such grave risks because of their faith.”

Every year since 2002, USCIRF has recommended that the U.S. Department of State designate Pakistan a "country of particular concern" (CPC) for "ongoing, systematic, egregious" violations of religious freedom. In December 2018, the State Department designated Pakistan as a CPC.

https://www.uscirf.gov/news-room/press-releases-statements/uscirf-condemns-terrorist-attack-shi-muslims-in-pakistan