She said that Balochistan’s stability was at stake due to its strategic location, which could easily be exploited by the international forces.
“Divisions have been created among the people as sectarian target killings, recovery of mutilated bodies, mostly of the missing persons,
and target killing of Punjabi-speaking people are frequently taking place,” the Daily Times quoted her, as saying.
“I just want to remind that the people living in Rawalpindi and Islamabad are not the only Pakistanis but the people of Balochistan and
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are also Pakistanis,” she added.
They should be treated as Pakistanis also, she told her audience.
She stressed that the problem of Balochistan be treated on priority basis otherwise this will be an ideal land for international forces to play
their dirty tricks.
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US ties: SCBA chief urges govt to
exercise caution
September 29, 2011
QUETTA: Supreme Court Bar Association President Asma Jehangir has urged the government to resolve differences with the United States
through diplomatic channels.
She said that nations should think 20 times before going to war, adding people from all provinces should be taken into confidence on vital
national issues.
Speaking to lawyers in the bar room on Tuesday, Ms Jehangir urged the government and political leadership participating in All Parties
Conference (APC) to make policies with sobriety and courage, adding that the people should be told the truth so that there were no
differences between the people and the rulers.
She said the entire nation should be informed of policies formulated by the government.
Referring to the Balochistan situation, Ms Asma said that Balochistan issue was political and therefore the problem should be resolved
politically in order to address grievances of the people.
She said the policy of killing the people and throwing their bodies should be immediately stopped because this act had aggravated the
situation in Balochistan. She warned that sectarian and ethnic killings were dangerous for national harmony and integrity of the country,
adding that anti-state elements could exploit the situation.
She said situation in Balochistan was deteriorating day by day because of wrong policies of the government, adding that a situation was
deliberately being created to force the political leadership to hand over decision-making to security forces.
About appointment of judges, the SCBA president said that appointments of judges in the Supreme Court and high courts should be made
before bar elections so that appointments did not influence election results.
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should be stripped off of
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Asma Jehangir
should be stripped off of
powers in Balochistan:
Asma Jehangir
September 28, 2011
Quetta: Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association President Asma Jehangir has challenged
the authority of security forces in Balochistan, saying the power of these forces should be
stripped in the best interest of the national integrity and solidarity.
Addressing the Balochistan High Court Bar members on Tuesday, Jehangir referred to the
dominating role of the security forces in the province, which she said were undermining the
authority of the elected government.