23 October 2014
23 October 2014 was among one of those
bloodiest days Quetta has seen in recent years. It was an ordinary day until
the incidents that happen during the day made it extraordinary.
The incidents that happened during the day
were multi-oriented, the first incident in the row that happened in morning was
case of sectarian killing, when innocent fruit merchants of Hazzara town were
killed in firing on the bus they were traveling in, one of many cases that take
place on regular basis now.
The second incident was attack on the FC
patrolling vehicle on Qambarani road, which took at least 2 lives.
The third incident was the one felt more
deeply across the country, attack on the Key Religious Political Leader Moulana
Fazal Rehman of JUI-F, just after their gathering in Quetta city. This attack
was suicidal, and claimed 2 lives including attacker.
One may think that these attacks are common
now, but I think that these attacks are interlinked in some ways. The sectarian
killing has terrible history, whether that is killing of Shiites or Sunnis. The
attack on law enforcement agencies can be termed as reaction of operations against
militants or so called freedom fighters of Baluchistan. Attack on the Hazzara
people and Religious Political Leader and those who claimed responsibility of
attacks are linked with TTP (Tehreek Taliban Pakistan). Moulana and his party
has always supported and in some ways sponsored the Taliban movement in
Afghanistan but the interesting thing is that their counterpart in Pakistan has
started targeting Moulana and their Party's Leaders, for their different stance
on Jihad in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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