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خیبرپختونخواہ:تشدد کے مختلف واقعات میں پولیس اہلکاروں سمیت نو ہلاک
پشاور — پاکستان کے شمال مغرب میں اتوار کو تشدد کے دو مختلف واقعات میں ایک سیاسی رہنما اور پولیس اہلکاروں سمیت کم ازکم نو افراد ہلاک ہوگئے۔
اتوار کو پہلا واقعہ ضلع شانگلہ میں پیش آیا جہاں حکمران جماعت پاکستان مسلم لیگ ن کے رہنما امیر مقام کے قافلے کو نامعلوم شدت پسندوں نے بم سے نشانہ بنایا۔
پولیس حکام کے مطابق امیر مقام کا قافلہ جونہی مارتونگ کے علاقے میں پہنچا تو وہاں شدت پسندوں نے ان کی گاڑی کے قریب یکے بعد دیگرے دو بم دھماکے کیے۔
اس حملے میں وزیراعظم کے مشیر امیر مقام تو محفوظ رہے لیکن ان کے قافلے میں شامل پولیس کی ایک گاڑی مکمل طور پر تباہ اور پانچ اہلکاروں سمیت کم ازکم چھ افراد موقع پر ہی ہلاک ہوگئے۔
وائس آف امریکہ سے گفتگو میں امیر مقام کا کہنا تھا کہ ان کی کسی سے ذاتی دشمنی نہیں اور انھیں ’’دہشت گردی کے خلاف بات کرنے پر نشانہ بنانے کی کوشش کی گئی‘‘۔
ان کا کہنا تھا کہ دہشت گردی نہ صرف پاکستان بلکہ پوری دنیا کے لیے خطرہ اور وہ اس کے خلاف آواز بلند کرتے رہیں گے۔
امیر مقام کا شمار ماضی میں سابق فوجی صدر پرویز مشرف کے قریبی ساتھیوں میں بھی ہوتا تھا۔ گزشتہ سال سالوں میں ان پر مجموعی طور پر شدت پسندوں چھ حملے کیے جن میں تین خودکش حملے بھی شامل ہیں۔ ان میں سے ایک خودکش بم حملے میں ان کے قریبی ساتھی اور سابق صوبائی وزیر پیر محمد خان بھی ہلاک ہوگئے تھے۔
تشدد کا دوسرا واقعہ اتوار کی شام پشاور کے نواحی علاقے بڈھ بیر میں پیش آیا جہاں نامعلوم مسلح افراد نے فائرنگ کرکے سابقہ حکمران جماعت عوامی نیشنل پارٹی کے ایک عہدیدار سمیت دو افراد کو ہلاک کردیا۔
ہلاک ہونے والے میاں مشتاق عوامی نیشنل پارٹی کے سابق نائب صوبائی صدر تھے۔
ان دونوں واقعات کی تاحال کسی فرد یا گروہ نے ذمہ داری قبول نہیں کی ہے تاہم شمال مغربی صوبے سے ملحقہ قبائلی علاقوں میں روپوش شدت پسند اکثر سیاسی رہنماؤں اور سکیورٹی فورسز پر حملے کرتے ر ہے ہیں۔
اتوار کو پہلا واقعہ ضلع شانگلہ میں پیش آیا جہاں حکمران جماعت پاکستان مسلم لیگ ن کے رہنما امیر مقام کے قافلے کو نامعلوم شدت پسندوں نے بم سے نشانہ بنایا۔
پولیس حکام کے مطابق امیر مقام کا قافلہ جونہی مارتونگ کے علاقے میں پہنچا تو وہاں شدت پسندوں نے ان کی گاڑی کے قریب یکے بعد دیگرے دو بم دھماکے کیے۔
اس حملے میں وزیراعظم کے مشیر امیر مقام تو محفوظ رہے لیکن ان کے قافلے میں شامل پولیس کی ایک گاڑی مکمل طور پر تباہ اور پانچ اہلکاروں سمیت کم ازکم چھ افراد موقع پر ہی ہلاک ہوگئے۔
وائس آف امریکہ سے گفتگو میں امیر مقام کا کہنا تھا کہ ان کی کسی سے ذاتی دشمنی نہیں اور انھیں ’’دہشت گردی کے خلاف بات کرنے پر نشانہ بنانے کی کوشش کی گئی‘‘۔
ان کا کہنا تھا کہ دہشت گردی نہ صرف پاکستان بلکہ پوری دنیا کے لیے خطرہ اور وہ اس کے خلاف آواز بلند کرتے رہیں گے۔
امیر مقام کا شمار ماضی میں سابق فوجی صدر پرویز مشرف کے قریبی ساتھیوں میں بھی ہوتا تھا۔ گزشتہ سال سالوں میں ان پر مجموعی طور پر شدت پسندوں چھ حملے کیے جن میں تین خودکش حملے بھی شامل ہیں۔ ان میں سے ایک خودکش بم حملے میں ان کے قریبی ساتھی اور سابق صوبائی وزیر پیر محمد خان بھی ہلاک ہوگئے تھے۔
تشدد کا دوسرا واقعہ اتوار کی شام پشاور کے نواحی علاقے بڈھ بیر میں پیش آیا جہاں نامعلوم مسلح افراد نے فائرنگ کرکے سابقہ حکمران جماعت عوامی نیشنل پارٹی کے ایک عہدیدار سمیت دو افراد کو ہلاک کردیا۔
ہلاک ہونے والے میاں مشتاق عوامی نیشنل پارٹی کے سابق نائب صوبائی صدر تھے۔
ان دونوں واقعات کی تاحال کسی فرد یا گروہ نے ذمہ داری قبول نہیں کی ہے تاہم شمال مغربی صوبے سے ملحقہ قبائلی علاقوں میں روپوش شدت پسند اکثر سیاسی رہنماؤں اور سکیورٹی فورسز پر حملے کرتے ر ہے ہیں۔
PTI stole ANP slogan "Khpla Khawara Khpal Ikhtiar" by somewhat translating it into english 'our land, our way"
— salma jafar (@Chiltan) November 25, 2013
PTI tastes a rare spurt of anger amid cries of pain
PESHAWAR, Sept 22: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and its allies tasted public anger for the first time when aggrieved families of those killed in the Sunday’s twin suicide attacks on All Saints Church in Peshawar city sparked anger over the government’s apathy.
“Shame, shame, we don’t want your posters and slogans. Come and help us,” the Lady Reading Hospital crowded with families of the killed and injured in the attacks resonated with protest chants as one PTI MPA turned up to give a statement on media present on the spot instead of consoling the families of the victims.
The yard outside the trauma centre resonated with cries of pain and anger as the aggrieved families did not let the MPA score points on media and speak. Mourners were chanting slogans against the provincial government and LRH management for not providing quick response to the traumatised wounded people.
“The government instead of giving severe punishment to the culprits has been releasing militants and criminals from prisons,” remarked Father John William, who stated that not a single murderer was brought to justice.
Umar Maseeh, another protester at LRH, accused PTI chairman Imran Khan of supporting the cause of militants. “Imran carried out his election campaign across the country, but he was never attacked, while we are unsafe even inside church, why?” he asked.
“It only shows Imran is a sympathiser of militants,” he alleged.
The bloody attack was a reality check for the coalition partners of PTI, including Qaumi Watan Party and Jamaat-i-Islami. The ministers and MPAs fearing backlash could not dare to visit the LRH for almost three hours after the incident to console the angry mourners and ensure timely treatment of the wounded. There were no arrangements at the official level to provide coffins. Thanks to Al Khidmat Foundation which arranged about 100 coffins for packing bodies.
Of total 59 cabinet members, advisors, special assistants and parliamentary secretaries, only senior minister Sikandar Khan Sherpao and PTI provincial information secretary Ishtiaq Urmar, who is also parliamentary secretary, reached the LRH, but the angry protesters did not let them speak. Agitated Christians forced Sikandar Sherpao and Mr Urmar to leave the hospital’s premises immediately.
The absence of Information Minister Shah Farman often seen in an offensive demeanour on the floor of the assembly and press briefings, was conspicuous.
Health Minister Shaukat Ali Yousafzai whose reckless statements frequently put the ruling coalition in hot waters was missing till the PTI chairman and chief minister turned up at the hospital where he just gave figures of the dead and injured in the attack.
Perhaps, it was the appearance of the former information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain on media which might have spurred the PTI into action as Imran Khan came from Islamabad to the Peshawar hospital for damage control.
Imran, while talking to media, blamed his political rivals for inciting the aggrieved Christians against the provincial government. He condemned them for politicising the incident. However, he seemed willy-nilly in condemning the terrorists who had attacked the innocent worshippers at one of the oldest churches of the city.
“The previous government has left the mess for us and now people are being provoked against us,” he told media without mentioning the Awami National Party.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar, on the directives of the President and prime minister, came too late (at around 8:00pm) with the message of the Punjab chief minister’s offer of medical help.
The agent of the federal government Engineer Shaukatullah, who did not come out from his palatial Governor’s House to console the religious minority brutally attacked by terrorists, was visible only when the interior minister was talking to media.
PTI’s ‘Naya Pakistan’ slogan has left Pakhtuns in the lurch
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan said Monday Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan’s concept of ‘Naya (new) Pakistan’ had left the crises-plagued Pakhtuns in the lurch at a time they needed to be pulled out of trying period.
“In ‘Purana (old) Pakistan’, the slain Bashir Bilour would dash to the site of terrorist attacks to boost morale of the security forces and the people but today that’s not happening. You know why? Because now we have a ‘Naya Pakistan’ which has no space for such bravery”, Asfandyar sneered while addressing an election gathering held at the Nishtar Hall to muster support for the party stalwart Ghulam Ahmad Bilour who is the joint candidate of the ANP, Pakistan People’s Party and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl for the NA-1 in the by-election slated for August 22.
“In ‘Purana Pakistan, the ministers used to attend funerals of policemen and common men while in ‘Naya Pakistan’ the ministers even don’t attendJanaza of their slain members of the assembly”, he said taking to task the PTI public representatives.
He said the speaker of the assembly of ‘Purana Pakistan’ used to be the custodian of the entire House, while in ‘Naya Pakistan’ the speaker represents the ruling party. He said referring to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser who still holds the portfolio of PTI’s provincial chapter president. The nationalist leader also flayed Chief Minister Pervez Khattak for holding the party office along with the government slot.
He said captain (Imran Khan) used to criticise President Asif Ali Zardari for keeping dual offices, but now his own party’s provincial president and central general secretary held both party and government offices. “During the ANP government the Bannu jailbreak incident happened. It was the captain who had stated then that the ANP had lost the right to rule the province. Now what will he (Imran Khan) say after the Dera Ismail Khan jailbreak? Was he right then or now? Have they lost the right to govern?” he asked sarcastically.
Amid charged atmosphere in the hall, the ANP chief came down hard on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan which he addressed as “Kaptan (captain)”.
Asfandyar said, the captain in his speeches talked about other issues except law and order as he didn’t have the courage to comment on the issue. He said after every terror incident the use of the word ‘condemn’ is avoided and instead ‘sorrow’ is used.
He said that the people of Peshawar were indebted to slain Bashir Ahmad Bilour and they should pay back for his matchless sacrifices by voting in favour of Ghulam Ahmad Bilour in the by-elections.
“Bashir Bilour sacrificed his life for people of this city and I request you to pay him respect by voting for Haji Bilour,” said the sweat-soaked Asfandyar Wali.
Terming the alliance of ANP, PPP and JUI-F formidable, Asfandyar said the tri-party alliance would achieve victory in the by-elections.
Regarding the Imran Khan’s complaints of rigging in general elections he said, “He (Imran Khan) should either accept results of all the constituencies or should reject it. It is strange that where he won election, he termed it fair and where he lost he alleged that it was rigged.”
ANP stalwart and candidate of tri-party alliance Ghulam Ahmad Bilour in his speech said that ANP in its five years term achieved many milestones including renaming of the province, provincial autonomy, net hydel profit and buried the Kalabagh Dam project forever.
However, he lamented, people didn’t remember the achievements of the party and were duped by the mere slogans of PTI in the May 11 elections.
Haji Bilour said being democrats they wished that the federal and provincial government complete tenure, however they would continue to make constructive criticism and remind them of the pledges they made to the electorate.
He also urged Taliban to stop killing of Pukhtuns as even by killing all Pukhtuns they would not be able to achieve their goals.
Ghulam Bilour warned the administration to refrain from interfering with the by-elections and vowed to react if any one from the administration was found supporting the candidate of the ruling party.
Earlier, Zulfiqar Afghani of PPP, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Qari Abdur Rauf of JUI-F also spoke on the occasion. A large number of ANP leaders including Senators Haji Muhammad Adeel, Afrasiab Khattak, Abdul Nabi Bangash, Ilyas Bilour, MPA Sardar Hussain Babak and others were present on the occasion.
The party activists of ANP, PPP and JUI-F attended the gathering in large number. The flags of all the three parties were fluttering in and outside the hall.
Huge banners of Ghulam Ahamd Bilour, candidate of tri-party alliance, were put on display in and outside the jam-packed Nishtar Hall. Strict security measures were taken for the gathering and the Jail Road was closed for all sorts of vehicular traffic. The closure of road caused severe traffic jam inside the city. ANP chief was accorded warm welcome by the participants. Amid humidity in the hall the ANP activists intermittently chanted slogans even during the speech of Asfandyar Wali Khan.
Bannu jail incident again shows total collapse of ANP governance & with it law and order in KP.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 16, 2012
Nasim ZAHRA tells the difference between #ANP and #PTI
The diff between ANP & PTI govts is that PTI KPK many cabinet members r weak on even facing up to terrorsm prob-ANP was brave,clear & vocal
— Nasim Zehra (@NasimZehra) July 29, 2013
“ نوازشریف نے خیرات میں پی ٹی آئی کو حکومت دی”
پشاور:عوامی نیشنل پارٹی کے سابق صوبائی وزیرمیاں افتخارحسین نے کہا ہے کہ میاں محمد نوازشریف نے پاکستان تحریک انصاف کو خیرات میں خیبرپختونخوا کی حکومت دی ہے۔
صوبائی دارالحکومت پشاور میں میڈیا سے گفتگو کرتے میاں افتخارحسین کا کہنا تھا کہ اگر نواز شریف چاہتے تو صوبے میں حکومت بنا سکتے تھے۔
انہوں نے کہا کہ تحریک انصاف کی اصلیت عوام پر 40 روز میں ہی کھل گئی ہے،پی ٹی آئی ایک صوبے میں حکمرانی نہیں کرسکتی تو پورے ملک میں کیا کرے گی۔
میاں افتخار حسین نے کہا کہ صوبے کے عوام نے پی ٹی آئی پر اعتماد کیا لیکن وہ لوگوں کی امیدوں پر پورا نہیں اترے۔
ان کا مزید کہنا تھا کہ تحریک انصاف اور اتحادی خیبرپختونخوا میں اپنی حکومت کی ابتدا میں ہی ناکام ہوگئے ہیں۔
لوڈشیڈنگ پر خیبر پختونخوا حکومت کے احتجاج سے متعلق بات کرتے ہوئے انہوں نے کہا کہ پی ٹی آئی ضمنی انتخابات میں کامیابی کے لئے یہ ڈرامہ رچا رہی ہے۔
Protest announcement: Mian Iftikhar accuses PTI of ‘staging drama’ ahead of by-polls
Addressing a press conference at the party’s provincial secretariat, Hussain lashed out at the PTI, accusing it of staging such protests to conceal their failure to end load-shedding. He said instead of protesting on streets, the PTI should have raised the issue at more appropriate platforms.
“If the provincial government sincerely wants to raise the load-shedding issue with the federal government, platforms such as the Council of Common Interests (CCI) and apex court are more suitable,” he said adding, “The chief minister must take other parties into confidence on the issue.”
Hussain alleged the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has presented false statistics for the past 30 years and failed to take any measures to develop the outdated infrastructure.
The former information minister also blamed the PTI for failing to stop drone attacks and suspending Nato supplies.
It was announced at the conference that Hussain has been appointed head of the provincial election committee, which will coordinate with the district and tehsil level leadership to muster support for ANP candidates in the by-polls.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 16th, 2013.
PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party (ANP) on Monday criticised the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led provincial government for announcing to protest against power outages.
“The PTI announcement is nothing but a drama to gain public sympathies ahead of by-polls in the province,” said ANP provincial spokesperson Mian Iftikhar Hussain.Addressing a press conference at the party’s provincial secretariat, Hussain lashed out at the PTI, accusing it of staging such protests to conceal their failure to end load-shedding. He said instead of protesting on streets, the PTI should have raised the issue at more appropriate platforms.
“If the provincial government sincerely wants to raise the load-shedding issue with the federal government, platforms such as the Council of Common Interests (CCI) and apex court are more suitable,” he said adding, “The chief minister must take other parties into confidence on the issue.”
Hussain alleged the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has presented false statistics for the past 30 years and failed to take any measures to develop the outdated infrastructure.
The former information minister also blamed the PTI for failing to stop drone attacks and suspending Nato supplies.
It was announced at the conference that Hussain has been appointed head of the provincial election committee, which will coordinate with the district and tehsil level leadership to muster support for ANP candidates in the by-polls.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 16th, 2013.
