The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the target killing of police surgeon Dr Baqir Shah in Quetta on Thursday. In a statement here on Friday, HRCP said it is deeply regrettable that Dr Shah who had reported receiving death threats and had earlier injured in an attack, was provided no protection by the authorities.
It should be noted that the doctor had conducted the post mortem of the bodies of five foreigners killed by security forces in Kharotobad in May and had concluded that the five had died of gunshot wounds and were unarmed, HRCP added. HRCP said that Dr Shah's killing demonstrated once again the impunity with which death squads operated in Balochistan.
The Commission demanded a transparent probe into the murder of Dr Shah as well as into all the targeted killings occurring with increasing frequency in Balochistan and stressed that findings of the probe must be made public. HRCP also reiterated its demand for an end to the culture of impunity for security agencies.