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A Jalib whose death is not silent

Posted in Civic rights, Human rights, Law, Politics by admin
Jul 20 2010
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Ahmed Yusuf writes about the recent assassination of BNP-M Secretary-General Habib Jalib Baloch, and the life of his namesake.

BNP-M Secretary-General Habib Jalib Baloch

BNP-M Secretary-General Habib Jalib Baloch

Habib Jalib Baloch, the secretary-general of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), was gunned down on 14 July in Quetta, in what is believed to be a targeted attack. The incident took place in broad daylight, when Baloch was dropping his children off to school en route to work where he was to plead a case before a court of Pakistani law. (more…)

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