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For Immediate
Release
PAKPAC strongly condemns
loss of life in Karachi
blasts
Washington DC Feb 5th
2010:
Once again insurgents
have been able to
penetrate and disturb
civic life in Pakistan’s
largest city. Within
hours two bombs exploded
resulting in the death
of twenty five innocent
civilians including
three women. A third
bomb stuffed in a
computer monitor was
dismantled by the bomb
disposal unit in
Jinnah Postgraduate
Medical Centre casualty
ward.
Insurgents have been
expanding their reach,
demonstrating that
Educational
Institutions, Government
Offices, Market places,
Mosques, and now
Hospitals are not safe
from their reach.
Methods employed by
insurgents are no longer
limited to suicide
bombings, but now
include
improvised explosive
device (IED).
The latest bombings come
on Friday at a time of
mid day prayers and on
the Chehlum
procession marking the
anniversary of the 40th
day after the martyrdom
of Imam Hussain.
PAKPAC asks the Federal
Government, Sindh
Government, and Karachi
Local Government
officials to work
together to bring the
perpetrators of such
heinous acts to justice,
and stop the sufferings
of innocent people. We
ask the Law enforcement
agencies to take
practical measures to
provide adequate
protection to the people
of Pakistan and not only
to VIP’s.
According to sources up
to 256 political
activists in Karachi
have died in targeted
killings over the past
six months.
Recriminations
over the failure of the
security forces deepened
existing tensions
between the city's main
political players - the
PPP, the Muttahida Qaumi
Movement and Awami
National party. PAKPAC
asks Pakistan’s
political leaders to
unite to end the spread
of terrorism.
A strategy needs to be
put in place now to curb
this violence before it
consumes all that is
good in our country.
Ulema from different
schools of thought have
condemned the two blasts
on Friday, appealed to
the people to exercise
restraint.
The Islamic scholars
said the perpetrators of
the incidents of
terrorism were neither
Muslims nor Pakistanis,
adding that they were
trying to divide the
people of the same
faith. They asked the
people to keep their
sentiments under
control, as violence
would only strengthen
those who were trying to
destabilize the country.
PAKPAC welcomes this
move, we however appeal
to the Ulema to start a
serious educational
campaign across the
country to check the
rise in violence.
PAKPAC welcomes
denouncing of these
tragic incidents,
however denouncing alone
does little, we ask for
action by all to stop
such tragedies.
There is now absolutely
no time to lose.
Find complete coverage
of the incidents at
[NYT]
[Dawn]
[BBC]
[GEO]
[Bloomberg]
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