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Govt should take measures to protect people of Quetta

QUETTA: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that powers in the country should mainstream victims of terrorism, not banned organisations.

Speaking to the media here while visiting the families of those killed in the Hazarganji blast last week, Bilawal said it is unfortunate that even after so much bloodshed, the state cannot decide if it was with the martyrs or the terrorists.

“The government has to decide. For how long will they continue with their double standards?” he asked.

The PPP chairman continued, “No one can fight extremism alone but we have to decide for the future. We need to fight this extremist mindset. When we ask for justice we are called an enemy of the state. When I speak against banned organisations, I’m branded an enemy of the state.”

Bilawal further said he is also the son of a martyr and that he will not sit quietly until he has rid the country of terrorism.

 

 

 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.