- Joined
- Mar 24, 2009
- Messages
- 24,324
- Likes
- 11,757
QUETTA: A complete shutter down strike was observed throughout the Baloch-dominated districts of Balochistan on Tuesday on the call of Baloch National Front (BNF) to denounce the Independence Day celebrations in the face of volatile situation in the province.
The call for strike was also supported by other major nationalist parities, including the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) and Baloch Natinoal Movement (BNM), which termed August 14 "black day" to protest what they regarded the oppressive state policy and continued "kill-and-dump" policy of the Baloch youth. Moreover, the security situation remained precarious in the provincial capital and a bomb planted in front of a food stall went off on Monday night, critically injuring 12 people.
Doctors in the provincial capital also held protests over frequent kidnappings of colleagues and the prevailing sense of insecurity in their fraternity. They also staged a sit-in in front of the Chief Minister's House and shouted slogans against the government and its inefficiency to provide them security. Two rockets were fired from some unidentified location in Kohlu district, which landed near a security checkpost, but no causalities were reported. Similarly, the Gwader district too witnessed firing of two rockets from unidentified location with no causalities reported. The districts of Panjgur, Naseerabad, Khuzdar, Mastung, Usta Muhammad, Sobatpur and Dera Allah Yar also wore a deserted look due to the strike. Traffic remained thin and people preferred to remain indoors due to the sensitive security situation. Moreover, some people took out a rally in Naushki. They burnt tyres and raised anti-government slogans.
However, the government had taken stringent security measures across the province to avert any untoward incident. safiullah
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
The call for strike was also supported by other major nationalist parities, including the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) and Baloch Natinoal Movement (BNM), which termed August 14 "black day" to protest what they regarded the oppressive state policy and continued "kill-and-dump" policy of the Baloch youth. Moreover, the security situation remained precarious in the provincial capital and a bomb planted in front of a food stall went off on Monday night, critically injuring 12 people.
Doctors in the provincial capital also held protests over frequent kidnappings of colleagues and the prevailing sense of insecurity in their fraternity. They also staged a sit-in in front of the Chief Minister's House and shouted slogans against the government and its inefficiency to provide them security. Two rockets were fired from some unidentified location in Kohlu district, which landed near a security checkpost, but no causalities were reported. Similarly, the Gwader district too witnessed firing of two rockets from unidentified location with no causalities reported. The districts of Panjgur, Naseerabad, Khuzdar, Mastung, Usta Muhammad, Sobatpur and Dera Allah Yar also wore a deserted look due to the strike. Traffic remained thin and people preferred to remain indoors due to the sensitive security situation. Moreover, some people took out a rally in Naushki. They burnt tyres and raised anti-government slogans.
However, the government had taken stringent security measures across the province to avert any untoward incident. safiullah
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan