The writer teaches at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. DESPITE the virtual media blackout of Gilgit-Baltistan it is becoming increasingly clear that sectarian violence in the entire region is spiralling out of control. Meanwhile, the systematic attacks on the Hazaras of Quetta continue unabated. It is hardly surprising then that Shias everywhere are talking conspiracy even as militant Sunnis of all varieties are doing everything in their power to prove the conspiracy theorists right. A conspiracy is…
Posts published in “Day: April 13, 2012”
By Muhammad Sadaqat in The Express Tribune, Apr 13 ABBOTABAD: The Kindi Inquiry Comm-ission, – probing riots during a demonstration in Abbottabad on April 12, 2010, has held the administration, political leadership and security forces responsible for the deaths of several protesters, The Express Tribune has learnt. According to a classified report obtained by The Express Tribune on Thursday, lack of coordination between the police and the district administration; inaction on part of the provincial…