QUETTA: Renowned educationist Prof Syed Attique Hassan
Naqvi was shot dead by unidentified armed men here on Friday.
Prof Attique Hassan, 60, who had served as professor in
the Social Works Department of the University of Balochistan was standing on
the Sariab road, when unknown armed men sprayed bullets on him. The victim
sustained multiple bullets wounds in his head, face and chest and died on the
spot.
The assailants, riding a motorcycle, fled. Police said the
cause of the killing was yet to be ascertained but independent sources said
that it was a terrorist act. The body was removed to the morgue of Civil
Hospital Quetta, where hundreds of people, belonging to the Hazara tribe,
gathered after hearing about the killing. They demanded of the government to
apprehend the culprits involved in the killing.
Prof Attique Hassan and his son Arsahd Naqvi were attacked
by unknown gunmen in the same area three years ago. In that attack Arshad
Naqvi succumbed to his injuries. Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yousuf visited
the hospital and assured the protestors that the culprits involved in the
killing would be apprehend soon.
Religious group warns of protest
12-9-2004
QUETTA, Sept 12: A Shia organization has said that it will decide about its strategy after the end of a three-day deadline on Monday.
The All-Pakistan Shia Action Committee (APSAC) had given three days to the provincial government to arrest killers of two prominent figures of the community, Syed Bhural Shah and Prof Atiqul Hasan. It had threatened to launch a countrywide protest movement.
Speaking at a press conference held at an imambargah here, Syed Zahir Shah Zaidi, Allama Yaqoob Ali Tawasoli and Allama Maqsood Ali Domki blamed the government for failing to eliminate the network of religious extremist groups.
The APSAC's representatives said they felt that the government was trying to only pacify them by giving false assurances and keeping them in the dark. They said the APSAC would meet on Monday to determine the future plan.
The Shia leaders warned the government that they would launch a countrywide movement, hold rallies, observe hunger-strike and call for shutter-down strike if it failed to arrest the killers.
They presented six demands: arrested terrorists' trial should be accelerated; Shia community should be given protection; the network of those Ulema who issue Fatwas to promote sectarianism should be eliminated; councillor Syed Mohammad Shah should be released; FIR should be registered against ATF men involved in firing on Ashura day; and security guards should be provide to important Shia figures.
Earlier speaking at the Soyum of Prof Atiqul Hasan, who was killed on Friday, Allama Tawasoli and Allama Domki claimed that people of their sect have remained calm despite atrocities committed against them during the last five years in the province. The two leaders said they were peaceful and avoided retaliation, but cautioned the government that their people could not remain silent for ever.
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