Most of the cities in Pakistan witnessed fear and commotion
on Friday as Sunni and Shia groups were adamant at taking out rallies.
Ironically, it looked that certain elements were keen in showing ‘street power’
rather registering their protest or condemning the perpetrators
However, there was a consensus that local administration
failed in controlling the situation in Rawalpindi which led to calling army and
imposing curfew. Some observers even
went to the extent of saying that whatever happened was part of the grand
agenda to fan Sunni Shia clashes.
Most regrettably this policy has paid off in Iraq, Afghanistan
and Syria and the same is being followed in Pakistan. After facing a
humiliating defeat in Syria the perpetrators want an action replay in Pakistan.
It is being alleged that the perpetrators and their funders are the same.
On Friday late evening twin blasts were caused in Karachi’s
Incholi area, with majority Shia population, killing at least seven and
injuring 28 people. On Saturday Pakistan’s leading English newspaper Dawn
dawn.com posted a story of AFP that he Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has
claimed responsibility for twin bomb attacks in Karach.
Reportedly, Shahidullah Shahid, a spokesman for umbrella
group TTP told AFP that the attacks in Karachi were carried out in revenge for
violence in Rawalpindi on November 15. He said the attacks were aimed at Shias
in Karachi and vowed further violence.
On may recall that clashed took place between Sunni and Shia
groups in the garrison-city of Rawalpindi, which neighbors the capital
Islamabad on Ashura (November 15) when a procession of Shia to mark the Martyrdom
of Imam Hussain, was passing by a Sunni mosque. Officials said 11 people were
killed and more than 60 injured.
