Pakistan teachers being killed, says Human Rights Watch Militants are systematically targeting and killing teachers in Pakistan's south-western province of Balochistan, says Human Rights Watch. At least 22 teachers were killed in the province between January 2008 and October 2010, says a report by the organisation. The study documents dozens of attacks in Balochistan. Despite being home to vast mineral resources, Balochistan remains Pakistan's most impoverished province. It is the stage of a nationalist insurgency by local tribesmen. The province is also home to religious extremists. Both groups are involved in the attacks on teachers, according to the Human Rights Watch report, Their Future is at Stake, which was published on Monday. "If such killings and intimidation does not stop, the future is bleak, not just for Balochistan's children, but for prosperity and progress to ever reach the province," Ali Dayan Hasan, senior Human Rights Watch researcher in South Asia, told the BBC. Singled out Human Rights Watch is the first international rights group to document how civilians are increasingly being targeted in Balochistan. Its findings are based on testimonies and eyewitness accounts of relatives and colleagues of the victims. Hundreds of teachers have now asked to be transferred out of the province as the attacks increase in frequency. Most of those targeted are from the Punjab province. They have been singled out as retaliation for alleged excesses by the Pakistan army, which is dominated by Punjabis. But local Sunni extremist groups allied to the Taliban have also been involved in the killings. They have targeted members of the Shia sect, especially in the provincial capital Quetta. Pakistan's government has been unable to control the violence so far, despite the deployment of additional security forces in Balochistan.
Pakistan can't seem to control ANYTHING despite having the resources to do so. Seriously, what a horrendous government.
Careful people will now tell you they don't respect you because you are being honest about a BS corrupt government like theirs. DD
To be fair, DD, in your original post you said "Pakistan is a joke of a country," rather than "The Pakistani government is a joke." Big difference. Especially to those from there.
I guess I can just hope that they see I want the best situation and future for the people of Pakistan. I don't think there's a single Pakistani, even the most extremist on either side, that is happy with the situation in Pakistan.
LOL, wtf? My post in the other topic was about your "joke". The joke of a govt that Pakistan has is actually funny unlike yours. Maybe you should use the search fuctionality and see how many times I've blasted pakistan's govt. Didn't you say that you didn't care about me respecting you or not? If that is true, why bring that other talk to this thread? Sure seems like what I said is bothering you. Anyway on the immediate topic, my parents have taught me to respect teachers as much as I respect them. The targeting of teachers is....I don't even have the words.....that's how f***** up it is.
Semantics.....just a reason for folks to get up in arms... Well aren't we a bunch of sensitive folks. When I say Pakistan is a JOKE, to me it is obvious I am talking about the government. People to me are the same all over the world........just some of them are unfortunate and have to live under oppressive rules. That is what I meant by Pakistan being a joke. And QBall, whether you respect me or not, is completely irrelevent to me, one would hope you do, but if you don't ok...fine... Personally, I respect everyone....well...almost everyone. DD
I don't think this can be said enough, but there is a stark difference between the government and the people, and that difference is exponentially bigger when/if a government is not democratically elected. I think that's what may have caused the miscommunication between you and Qball.
There is no miscommunication at all, there is no way to equate: "Pakistan is a joke" to mean the people of Pakistan, unless you are overly sensitive and have a bias to begin with. A country is not it's people.....borders are made up bull****..... DD
See this is what I mean by miscommunication. To me, a country includes the government, the people, the laws, the monuments, the trees, the rocks, the schools, the rivers, everything. The only other definition I had ever imagined is geographic - as in, the actual land area. But your definition seems to be different. Which is what I meant in the first place by miscommunication. Don't be so sensitive.
I am just here to educate, it is a thread about teachers you know. A country is not "It's people" it is a government put in place to organize and put rules in place to control a group of people that live within it's made up mythological borders. I love the USA, but do not feel that the people are any better or worse than any other in the world.....I put people above country in every single instance......people matter. Countries do not....unless of course you attack the one I live in or it is a World cup, then of course they matter. DD
Seeing here and knowing there are a lot of people in the USA who actually think she is the country's future kind of makes me shake my head...I shouldn't be making this comment, but I know that our conservative posters here are smarter than that.
In this vane I will teach english to the guys who are trying to argue. Two sentences, one is about the people the other about government. Pakistanis suck. Pakistan sucks.
