Balochistan Point - At least 145 killed as strong quake hits southwest Balochistan
BBC - Deadly Earthquake Strikes Balochistan
BBC - Deadly Earthquake Strikes Balochistan
On Tuesday September 24th Balochistan was struck
by a powerful 7.8 magnitude Earthquake.
At a depth of 20km, some 60km north-east of Arawan, the Earthquake was
felt as far away as India’s capital Delhi.
At least 145 Deaths have been confirmed, with many more Trapped beneath
the rubble. Thus far, International
response to the disaster seems minimal if at all. Although civil rescue workers and paramedics
were already on the scene, Pakistan has deployed a Paramilitary Force of at
least 200 Soldiers to take over rescue operations.
Only one day following Taliban Military commander Mullah Baradar's release on September 21st, Taliban Suicide Bombers attacked a Christian Church
in Peshawar killing 81 and wounding 140 Christians. Taliban representatives claim the attack was
in retaliation to US Drone Strikes, and is the work of a “splinter group”. Yet Sunday’s Brutal Attack on the All Saints
Christian Church in no way combats or prevents drone strikes.
The Taliban has long maintained strict opposition to all
non-Sunni Muslim minorities. The Taliban openly
practice a policy of Persecution and Extermination of Christians, Jews, Hindus,
Shiite Muslims, and anyone or anything else they consider “Un-Islamic”. Rather than promoting Islam, the Taliban
attempts to enforce Islam. The Taliban policy
of ethnic intolerance is in-fact destructive to Islam and perpetuates an
already negative international perception of Muslims.
Although you can force a *man to task, you can force a man
to clothe, you can even force a man to death, but you can never force a man to
believe, for the mind of man is his own and is so by design. To doubt this design is to doubt God.
It is deeply troubling that the Pakistani State has so openly aligned themselves with such Extremist ideologies.
On September 16th Hit Squads killed 2 in the Mand
region of Balochistan. In Braho Reke,
Hameed Gong was gunned down, and in Bravi Village Pir Baksh was also shot dead. In the small town of Sibbi, on Monday, unidentified
gunmen killed Ali Mohammed. In Quetta, an
unidentified body was found dumped in the Killi Kamalo area.
Violence in Dera Bugti continued on the 17th. Waheed Bugti and Ali Bugti were killed by
Pakistan Security Forces in Dera Bugti. Naseem
Baloch was gunned down by Pakistni hit squads in Paroom Panjgoor. In Khuzdar, Mohmmad Hafiz was shot dead, and In
the remote Barkhan village, a Marri tribes person was abducted by Pakistani
Agents.
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