Strike shuts southern Pakistani city over voting fraud charges

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At least someone is awake to the dictators designs.

Strike shuts southern Pakistani city over voting fraud charges
Sat Oct 26, 2:19 AM ET

QUETTA, Pakistan - Police and paramilitary troops patrolled streets in the southwestern city of Quetta on Saturday as businesses closed in a strike that a political group called to protest alleged election rigging.

The nationalist Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement urged the one-day strike for all of Baluchistan province, said Usman Kakar, an activist of one of the political parties in the group.

It was unclear whether the strike was effective outside Quetta, the dusty, crowded provincial capital near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan (news - web sites). Traffic was light in the city. Helmeted police and paramilitary troops patrolled the streets in armored personnel carriers.

Kakar said the strike was “against the official fraud in the election.”

The parties that called the strike said three of their candidates were defrauded of victories in the Oct. 10 general elections, the first since a 1999 coup by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf ended democratic rule. The government has ordered re-elections in the three disputed Baluchistan seats scheduled for Nov. 22.

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Police back to their old tricks again?

http://www.dawn.com/2002/10/27/top12.htm

Violence in Karachi as policemen kill youth

By Arman Sabir

KARACHI, Oct 26: Violence erupted at Bilal Colony in Korangi Industrial Area on Saturday night after the police killed an “innocent youth.”

Police sources said two youths were sitting at a playground in the colony when they were spotted by two policemen riding a motorcycle. As the policemen were about to approach them, they got alerted and tried to flee.

The policemen, Nasir Khan and Allahdino, started firing, resulting in the death of a youth, identified as Noor Zada, who was in his thirties.

Sources told Dawn that the youth might have been smoking hashish and got confused when they saw the police. May be they tried to hide their cigarettes and the policemen assumed as if they were taking out their weapons, and opened fire at them.

The police failed to recover any weapon from the youths but tried to prove as if they had weapons, inside sources in the police said.

Following the death of an innocent youth, the people got infuriated and surrounded the Korangi Industrial Area police station where they lit bonfires and pelted the moving vehicles and the police station with stones. As the situation went out of control of the area police, reinforcement was sent to bring the situation under control.

The people had been alleging that the policemen were drunk when they had opened fire.

The DIG Karachi Operations, Tariq Jamil, could not be reached despite repeated attempts.

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Imdad Ali, I must salute your IQ level. Comparing Karachi shooting*[not regard with election]* with Queeta's losers!. Ever wonder why they woke up now after 2 weeks?

PS: I, somewhat, don't agree with the shooting of youth in Karachi. That must have been the trick of L-e-J*[Laskhar-e-Jhangvi]*, like they did as sending parcel bombs to post office, labelling MMA.

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Re: Strike shuts southern Pakistani city over voting fraud charges

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*Originally posted by Imdad Ali: *

*The nationalist Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement urged the one-day strike for all of Baluchistan province, said Usman Kakar, an activist of one of the political parties in the group. *

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Ah those PONM losers. Wow.

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[QUOTE]
Originally posted by Pakistani Tiger: *
Imdad Ali, I must salute your IQ level. Comparing Karachi shooting[not regard with election]* with Queeta's losers!. Ever wonder why they woke up now after 2 weeks?

PS: I, somewhat, don't agree with the shooting of youth in Karachi. That must have been the trick of L-e-J*[Laskhar-e-Jhangvi]*, like they did as sending parcel bombs to post office, labelling MMA.
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And I must salute your level of comprehension. Both the example are of injustice to the people by the government establishment. One in which fair elections were denied, the other in which an innocent person was killed.

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*Originally posted by Imdad Ali: *

And I must salute your level of comprehension.
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Ha! I bet you do.

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Both the example are of injustice to the people by the government establishment.
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According to you: The youth was shot dead by the order of Govt. Thank you. Much appreciated your words.

Why did the people of Quetta called for strike after two weeks of elections? C'mon Man, use your brain!

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Pakistani Tiger: *

Ha! I bet you do.

According to you: The youth was shot dead by the order of Govt. Thank you. Much appreciated your words.

Why did the people of Quetta called for strike after two weeks of elections? C'mon Man, use your brain!
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I never said their was order of any government. Their is disorder of military dictatorship government of Musharraf!

And if you had read the news, two protestors were killed in Balochsitan by military personal, so that's why the strike.

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Imdad Ali: *

Their is disorder of military dictatorship government of Musharraf!
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How so? Karachi feels much safer than Democractic Govt. Are you sure you really live in Karachi? ;)

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two protestors were killed in Balochsitan by military personal, so that's why the strike.
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Any neutral source?

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PT

I am glad you are around to address such lame issues. These striking folks, as if they had a snowballs chance in hell of actually doing anything. The sheer tilt towards MMA in their province indicates that prvincialism was not the call that ppl were interested in.

as far as police killing or general sectarian or provincial violence. i still remmeber the time BB was in power and ppl were afraid to go outdoors.