03:30
Unknown
Karachi
He was a man who stood his ground. Despite countless threats to his life, Bashir Bilour was adamant to wipe out the extremist forces wreaking havoc across Pakistan, particularly in his Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
He would often be the first political leader to visit a blast site and condemn those behind the attack. His courageous stand made him the target of the Taliban. He knew it well, but never bulge an inch.
He aspired for martyrdom and embraced it on Saturday in a suicide attack at Kissa Khwani Bazar in Peshawar.
According to civil society members and peace activists and politicians, Bilour’s death has dealt a major blow to the struggle of progressive forces in the country.
As veteran politician Meraj Mohammed Khan said: “Bilour was one of the most refined politicians I knew. His stand against the Taliban is what we all should take because the extremist forces in the country are bent against the very existence of the country. ”
Meraj said that there was no difference between good and bad Taliban and whosoever says so was an enemy of the state. “They are against everything that we stand for. They attack our military installations, girl schools, etc,” he added. “They are against the Pakistani Constitution so the only way forward is to eliminate them.”
Outraged by the incident, senior journalist Ghazi Salahuddin said it’s high time that the country should get united against the Taliban because “they are not fit for a civilized society”.
“When a group is unabashedly against the law and political process of the country and is using violence to annihilate opponents, you can’t expect to talk to them,” he said.
“It’s high time that the army, with a go-ahead signal from the political parties, should carry out a comprehensive operation against the Taliban,” he added.
Zohra Yusuf of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said that the country was being attacked. “It’s in a state of war”.
“It is increasingly getting difficult to condemn the planned attacks against the saner voices in the country. We were reeling through the shock of the death of polio workers and now a senior progressive politician is killed,” she said.
Ms Yusuf also agreed that the only way to deal with these forces was through a military operation.
President Sindh United Party and former deputy speaker of Sindh Assembly Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah also strongly condemned the attack on the ANP leader and others.
He was a man who stood his ground. Despite countless threats to his life, Bashir Bilour was adamant to wipe out the extremist forces wreaking havoc across Pakistan, particularly in his Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
He would often be the first political leader to visit a blast site and condemn those behind the attack. His courageous stand made him the target of the Taliban. He knew it well, but never bulge an inch.
He aspired for martyrdom and embraced it on Saturday in a suicide attack at Kissa Khwani Bazar in Peshawar.
According to civil society members and peace activists and politicians, Bilour’s death has dealt a major blow to the struggle of progressive forces in the country.
As veteran politician Meraj Mohammed Khan said: “Bilour was one of the most refined politicians I knew. His stand against the Taliban is what we all should take because the extremist forces in the country are bent against the very existence of the country. ”
Meraj said that there was no difference between good and bad Taliban and whosoever says so was an enemy of the state. “They are against everything that we stand for. They attack our military installations, girl schools, etc,” he added. “They are against the Pakistani Constitution so the only way forward is to eliminate them.”
Outraged by the incident, senior journalist Ghazi Salahuddin said it’s high time that the country should get united against the Taliban because “they are not fit for a civilized society”.
“When a group is unabashedly against the law and political process of the country and is using violence to annihilate opponents, you can’t expect to talk to them,” he said.
“It’s high time that the army, with a go-ahead signal from the political parties, should carry out a comprehensive operation against the Taliban,” he added.
Zohra Yusuf of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said that the country was being attacked. “It’s in a state of war”.
“It is increasingly getting difficult to condemn the planned attacks against the saner voices in the country. We were reeling through the shock of the death of polio workers and now a senior progressive politician is killed,” she said.
Ms Yusuf also agreed that the only way to deal with these forces was through a military operation.
President Sindh United Party and former deputy speaker of Sindh Assembly Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah also strongly condemned the attack on the ANP leader and others.
Posted in: Karachi News
0 comments:
Post a Comment