If govt was truly democratic, it would have held elections: Imran Khan

QUETTA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Sunday that if the government was truly democratic, then it would have held elections by now.

During his address in Quetta, Khan said that had the current government came into power through the people and not the NRO, then elections would have been held.

Quoting Supreme Court’s earlier statement about Premier Yousaf Raza Gilani being a “dishonest person”, Khan said that Gilani is “shameless”.

If Gilani had some shame, then he would have held the elections, but there is a deficit of shame, Khan said.

The PTI chairman added that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif should resign from the National Assembly and Punjab Assembly seats if he thinks that the government is destroying the country.

Predicting that no resignation would be submitted, Khan said that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and PML-N are not “ideological parties” and that majority of their members are “opportunists”.

“I predict that they will not resign from the Punjab Assembly, even if they resign from the National Assembly.”

SOURCE : TRIBUNE

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Rocket attacks rock Quetta; no causalities reported

QUETTA: Two consecutive rocket attacks on Saturday spread fear in Quetta a day after when a car-bomb blast killed more than a dozen,

(SOURCE:  Dawn News )

However, according to rescue resources, attacks did not cause any causality.

The first rocket, fired from an unknown location, dropped in a graveyard near Sabzal Road was followed by the second one which dropped in a crop field next to Spinney Road.

Emergency was imposed in two hospitals of the city which was plunged with fear and chaos after the attacks.

Yesterday’s attack near a politician’s residence killed more than a dozen and injured around 30 in the violence-ridden city.

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Powerful blast kills 10, injures 21 in Quetta

QUETTA: A powerful carbomb blast has killed ten and injured 21 people includig children in Quetta, Geo News reported.

The blast ripped through the residential neighborhood setting many houses on fire. 

Reportedly the house of former federal minister Naseer Mengal's son Shafiq Mengal on Arbab Karam Khan Road near Raisani Chowk was the target.

Emergency was declared in the area in the wake of the blast, the bang of which was heard miles away. Such was the intensity of the explosion that most of the windowpanes in the nearby housing blocks and market place fell apart.

A senior police official, while talking to Geo News feared a sharp rise in the death toll. 

Police suspect a 'Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device' (VBIE) planted in a car parked nearby was the cause of the blast.

Ambulances are doing rounds between the hospitals and the blast site. 

Firefighters also reached site of tragedy and were busy fighting flames. 

Two of the injured are in critical condition, rescue sources told Geo News.

A shootout between unknown gunmen and police was also reported after the blast. Eyewitnesses say some armed men who were already there opened fire at police and media who arrived on the scene. Unruly gunmen also manhandled a private TV channel's cameramen and broke his camera down. Moreover, a news agency photographer also received bullet wounds.

The area had been cordoned off and investigation was underway.

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