
Balochistan National Party Central Secretry General Habib Jalib Baloch AssassinatedQUETTA: Central Secretary General of the Balochistan National Party (BNP) and former senator Habib Jalib Baloch was gunned down on Wednesday morning in Quetta city. The Moscow-educated Jalib was a prominent Baloch intellectual and a former chairman of the Baloch Students Organization (BSO) . Jalib, a senior Supreme Court lawyer and the author a several research papers on Baloch nationalism, was sitting at his brother’s shop on Musa Colony of Sariab Road when unidentified persons riding a motorbike opened fire at him. Jalib was rushed to Quetta’ Civil Hospital where he was pronounced dead. A large number of BNP activists, members of different nationalist parties and lawyers’ community rushed to the hospital soon after hearing the news. Enraged sympathizers of the Baloch leader wanted to take his body in front of the Governor’s House to protest against the killing. The police, however, did not allow them to get closer to the Governor’s House at Zargoon Road. While the BNP has announced 40 days of mourning, the Chief Minister of Balochistan Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani has ordered a judicial probe into the high-profile case of target killing of a prominent nationalist leader. The judicial investigation would be headed by a judge of the Balochistan High Court. Jalib’s killing has been widely condemned by people hailing from diverse sections of the society. BNP Announces 40-day Mourning Over Jalib’s AssassinationQUETTA: The Balochistan National Party (BNP) has announced 40-day of mourning over the murder of its secretary general Habib Jalib Baloch by unidentified persons in Quetta on Wednesday. According to the details, the BNP has decided to pay respect to its veteran leader Habib Jalib Baloch by observing forty days of mourning and three days of complete shutter down across Balochistan. Daily life during these three days will remain paralyzed across Balochistan on the call given by the BNP. Agencies Killed Jalib: Sardar Attaullah MengalQUETTA, JULY 14: Veteran Baloch nationalist leader and the patron-in-chief of Balochistan National Party (BNP) Sardar Attaullah Mengal has held state intelligence agencies responsible for the killing of former senator and BNP secretary general Habib Jalib Baloch. Balochistan Belongs to Balochs, No "Equal Status" For Others: BNPQUETTA: The Balochistan National Party (BNP) has categorically refused to grant "equal status" in the Baloch-majority province of Balochistan to any other ethnic group living inside the province, vowing not to allow anyone to cash the fruits of the ongoing Baloch struggle. Speaking on the Chelum of Naseer Langov in Qili Ismail, the acting president of the Balochistan National Party, Dr. Jhanzaib Jamaldini said that the so-called democratic government was still pursuing the dictatorial policies of General Pervez Musharraf. The cycle of violence against the Balochs intended to commit genocide of the Baloch people is taking place without any interruption. The government is busy in violating the sanctity of domestic privacy by conducting regular raids at people's homes and kidnapping political workers. |
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President Balochistan National Party (BNP) Akhtar Jan Mengal has condemned mounting incidents of abduction for ransom and said that the role of Hindus in the Baloch National Movement in past can not be sidelined. His condemnation came while talking to press on Tuesday. He said that Hindus have played a persistent role against the atrocities of every despot who launched repressive policies against Balochs through state atrocities. |