Pakistan Peoples Party is extremely concerned at the arbitrary arrests, extrajudicial killings and curbs on civil rights, and on freedom of expression and association under the watch of selected Prime Minister Imran Khan and his Gestapo police. Far from police reforms, Naya Pakistan's Niazi rule is fast turning Pakistan into a police state. Sahiwal incident is a glaring example where police kills and captures with impunity.
The random arrests of politicians including the leader of Opposition, and placing of 172 persons on ECL in Sindh, arresting hundreds of officers in Sindh and Punjab by NAB, disallowing former Prime Minister Yousof Raza Gilani from traveling all indicate that the Puppet regime is either helpless or unwilling or collusive in turning Pakistan into a state where a campaign of witch-hunting has been unleashed on citizens, including the opposition, the civil society, bureaucracy and political activists. This coupled with gags on the media has made us into a veritable Orwellian society.
The continued persecution of activists of sub national movements like the Pushtoon Tahafuz Movement, the Jiye Sindh and Baloch Movements, the mysterious killings and disappearances of activists and supporters of these organisations show that democracy is being replaced by an unstated autocratic rule aka 'Niazi rule'.
The arrests of social activists like Gulalai Ismail and academics Amaar Jan for mere protests are glaring examples of this Rule. The Human Rights Ministry led by an otherwise vocal Minister Shireen Mazari has become a farce and has been unable or has been part of the system that allows ECLs, arrests, extralegal acts to carry on with impunity.-PR
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