Less than 24 hours after the attack on an alleged madrassah in North Waziristan that killed at least 22 persons, there are already indications that feelings of hatred and anger are rising in response to the incident.
HRCP condemns the failure to provide an accurate account of the incident and the loss of the persons who have not been identified, and must be presumed innocent unless proven otherwise. Whereas we have opposed all forms of militancy.
HRCP reiterates that acts of violence of this kind will only lead to further attacks and a still greater loss of life. The people of Pakistan are not dispensable commodities who can be killed in such a fashion.
It is also saddening that the government of Pakistan has declined to provide details of the incident. The statement by the ISPR that a blast occurred within the madrassah is hardly credible in the light of eyewitness accounts regarding the involvement of a US drone.
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