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Saturday, December 31, 2011
HRCP condemns killing of police surgeon in BalochistanLAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) strongly condemned the targeted killing of police surgeon Dr Baqar Shah in Quetta on Thursday. In a statement issued on Friday, HRCP said that it was deeply regrettable that Dr Shah, who had reported receiving death threats and had earlier been injured in an attack, was provided no protection by the authorities. The statement said that it should be noted that the doctor had conducted a postmortem of the bodies of five foreigners killed by security forces in Kharotobad in May, and had concluded that the five had died of gunshot wounds and were unarmed. HRCP said that Dr Shah’s killing demonstrated once again the impunity with which death squads operated in Balochistan. The commission demanded a transparent probe into the murder of Dr Shah, as well as into all the targeted killings occurring with increasing frequency in Balochistan, and stressed that the findings of the probe be made public. HRCP also reiterated its demand for an end to the culture of impunity for security agencies. pr
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