Speaker Angered Over Kidnapping and Killing of Women in Khuzdar and Kalat; Rules That Relevant DIGs Be Summoned in Person Along With FIRs

QUETTA (Daily Qudrat Quetta): During the Balochistan Assembly session, Speaker Captain (Retd) Abdul Khaliq Achakzai took notice of the incidents involving Asma Jatak in Khuzdar and Laiba Nichari in Kalat, and directed the IG Police Balochistan to submit reports, while also ruling that the relevant DIGs be summoned in person along with the FIRs.

During the session, PPP member of the Balochistan Assembly and Provincial Minister Ali Madad Jatak, while speaking on the incidents in Khuzdar and Kalat, said that regarding the named accused Zahoor and his two accomplices in the Asma Jatak incident in Khuzdar, it should be told where they are at present. He said that the FIR of the incident has been registered, therefore a reply should be sought from the IG Police regarding the presence of the accused and the action taken. Ali Madad Jatak said that after the Asma Jatak incident, another incident came to light in Kalat in which Laiba Nichari was kidnapped over a marriage-related matter. He said that it is necessary to raise one’s voice in favour of the oppressed, and if a voice is not raised against the oppressor, then one will have to answer before Almighty Allah.

Criticizing the Sardari and Nawabi system in Balochistan, the provincial minister said that in the past some Sardars and Nawabs used to force officers out of the areas; however, today the situation has changed. According to him, the role of Sardars and Nawabs is also among the causes of the current tension in Balochistan. Meanwhile, the Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly, while seeking reports on the incidents in Khuzdar and Kalat, directed the relevant DIGs to appear in person along with the FIRs, so that the Assembly could be informed about the incidents and the actions taken by the police.