11-17-2006, 11:09 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Balochistan observes âblack dayâ to mark Musharrafâs visit</b>
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?p...-11-2006_pg7_17
QUETTA: Balochistan observed a black day and went on a complete shutter-down strike on Thursday as President General Pervez Musharraf paid his first visit to the volatile southwestern province since the killing of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.
Police simultaneously rounded up more than 100 political activists, including National Party (NP) Secretary General Mir Hasil Khan Bezanjo. Business activities came to a complete standstill throughout Balochistan as a peaceful but organised black day and shutter-down strike was observed in the Baloch capital of Quetta and almost all districts of the province on the behest of the Baloch nationalist group, the National Party.
The Pashtoon nationalist outfit, the Pashtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party as well as the Pakistan Peoples Party, backed the call for the strike and black day.
Most shops and business centres in Quetta remained closed from dawn till dusk. This included shops in the busy business centres along Jinnah Road, Prince Road, Liaquat Bazar, Sariab Road, Zargoon Road and Abdul Sattar Market.
âThe call for the strike was meant to protest General Musharrafâs visit. His hands are red with Baloch blood. We canât welcome him amid relentless military operations against our innocent people,â said one National Party leader.
Sources said that all three districts of the Mekran Division â Turbat, Panjgur and Gwadar â also observed a complete shutter-down strike and a black day as President Musharraf arrived in Turbat to inaugurate the Mirani Dam mega project. The province-wide strike was observed by opposition parties in the wake of the presidentâs first visit to the province since the death of former Balochistan Governor and Chief Minister Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti who was killed mysteriously on August 26. staff report<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Balochs are adopting Gandhi strategy, they should have followed Islamic ways.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?p...-11-2006_pg7_17
QUETTA: Balochistan observed a black day and went on a complete shutter-down strike on Thursday as President General Pervez Musharraf paid his first visit to the volatile southwestern province since the killing of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.
Police simultaneously rounded up more than 100 political activists, including National Party (NP) Secretary General Mir Hasil Khan Bezanjo. Business activities came to a complete standstill throughout Balochistan as a peaceful but organised black day and shutter-down strike was observed in the Baloch capital of Quetta and almost all districts of the province on the behest of the Baloch nationalist group, the National Party.
The Pashtoon nationalist outfit, the Pashtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party as well as the Pakistan Peoples Party, backed the call for the strike and black day.
Most shops and business centres in Quetta remained closed from dawn till dusk. This included shops in the busy business centres along Jinnah Road, Prince Road, Liaquat Bazar, Sariab Road, Zargoon Road and Abdul Sattar Market.
âThe call for the strike was meant to protest General Musharrafâs visit. His hands are red with Baloch blood. We canât welcome him amid relentless military operations against our innocent people,â said one National Party leader.
Sources said that all three districts of the Mekran Division â Turbat, Panjgur and Gwadar â also observed a complete shutter-down strike and a black day as President Musharraf arrived in Turbat to inaugurate the Mirani Dam mega project. The province-wide strike was observed by opposition parties in the wake of the presidentâs first visit to the province since the death of former Balochistan Governor and Chief Minister Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti who was killed mysteriously on August 26. staff report<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Balochs are adopting Gandhi strategy, they should have followed Islamic ways.