BA condemns military airstrike at Madrassa in Afghanistan, demand UN to take notice of incident

QUETTA: Balochistan Assembly Tuesday strongly condemned an incident of military airstrike at a Madrassa in Kanduz area of Afghanistan and passed unanimously a condemning resolution demanding the United Nations to take action in this regard.

The Assembly session was chaired by Speaker Raheela Hameed Khan Durrani.

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam- F member Shahida Raouf presented the joint resolution which read that we strongly condemn the American military airstrikes bombing on a religious Madrassa in Kanduz area of Afghanistan.

He said several innocent children had lost their lives in the military airstrikes when they were presenting turbans (Dastarnbandi) during a ceremony in the Madrassa.

Provincial Minister for Home Mir Sarfraz Bugti said unfortunately Afghanistan military also was involved in the incident and urged the international human rights organizations to take notice of the incident.

Provincial Ministers Prince Ali Ahmed, Mir Asim Kurd Gellu, Syed Agha Raza, and MPAs Zamark Khan Achakzai, Shahida Raouf, Syed Liaqat Agha, Abdul Reheem Ziaratwal and Dr, Hamid Khan Achakzai also supported the resolution and said the United Nations should play its role to take action against perpetrators of such incidents so that they could be avoided in future.

Later, Speaker Raheela Hameed Khan Durrani presented the joint condemning resolution which was approved by the house.

Meanwhile, Standing Committee for Planning and Development Chairman Haji Muhammad Aslam Baloch tabled a Balochistan Public Private Partnership Bill legislation 2018 which was approved in the session.

The session was adjourned till April 13 by Speaker Raheela Hameed Khan Durrani.