As published in a new article, Karachi is said to be the third worst in human rights violations after Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa(two province in Pakistan). Hamid Khan a Pakistani writer said “the situation in Balochistan was dire in terms of missing persons and another unfortunate thing was ethnic cleansing. He also said the Punjabi population living in Quetta had been wiped out, while the Shia population living just outside Quetta was also being eliminated. The apex judiciary has shown sensitivity towards the Karachi and Balochistan situations and can now issue verdicts, but it still does not stop the killings. Some external factors that are also responsible for these human rights violations are; drone attacks and turning the victims’ families into fodder in the hands of militants. The demands for human rights activist in these areas are considered reasonable because it will help to end the kidnappings and killings as well as implementation of new rules and laws. Head of Pakistan Human Rights Watch, Ali Dayan Hasan, says that the implementation of human rights would not hurt Pakistan and Karachi but instead, benefit the country.
I
think that more actions by the Human Rights Watch would definitely help some of
these areas because, there would be more laws implemented to protect
individuals. It will however become a problem because; these are societies that
have always tried to oppose any change in the way they control and run their
country. This will also help to improve
the weak criminal justice system that exists in these areas.
11:33Pm, 2/16/2013, Sandrene Nelson
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