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able to fly the flag of true Islam on this land of the pure. Jihad against the
Shi'ite Hazaras has now become our duty. 37
On August 30, 2011, gunmen riding a motorbike shot dead Zulfiqar Naqvi, a Shia judge in
Quetta, his driver, Essa Khan, and a police bodyguard, Abdul Shakoor. 38 Those murders
prompted the police to re-arrest Ishaq the following day on charges of inciting violence
against the Shia community on August 9, 2011. 39 Pakistani judicial authorities
subsequently released Ishaq on bail on September 10, 2011. 40 Then, in the aftermath of
the September 20, 2011 Mastung massacre, on September 21, police placed Ishaq under
house arrest under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) 41 provisions. 42 Sohail Chatta, the
local police chief, told the media that house arrest had been imposed because Ishaq’s
behavior endangered “sectarian harmony and caused a sudden rise in sectarian
temperature in the country.” 43 The Lahore High Court ordered Ishaq’s release on January
21, 2012 because of lack of sufficient evidence. 44 Police re-arrested Ishaq under the MPO
on February 25, 2013, after two suicide bombings killed about 200 Hazaras in Quetta. 45
While Ishaq remains under formal detention, the police have made no progress in
investigating existing charges against him nor have they brought any additional charges
37 Amir Mir, “Blood flows freely in Pakistan,” Asia Times, October 5, 2011,
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/MJ05Df01.html (accessed May 28, 2013); See Appendix 2 for Original Public
Letter in Urdu.
38 AFP, “Sectarian attack: Gunmen kill Shia judge, two others in Quetta,” August 30, 2013,
http://tribune.com.pk/story/428416/targeted-sessions-judge-two-others-killed-in-quetta/ (accessed June 20, 2014).
39 “Pakistan: Shia Killings Escalate,” Human Rights Watch news release, September 5, 2011,
http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/09/05/pakistan-shia-killings-escalate.
40 “Extremist leader Malik Ishaq freed from jail,” Dawn, September 11, 2012, http://www.dawn.com/news/748652/malikishaq-released-from-prison
(accessed May 7, 2014).
41 Asad Khara, “‘Provocative speech’: Malik Ishaq granted bail,” The Express Tribune, September 10, 2012,
http://tribune.com.pk/story/434294/provocative-speech-malik-ishaq-granted-bail/ (accessed May 2, 2014).
42 Owais Raza, “Sectarian clashes: LeJ chief Malik Ishaq placed under house arrest,” The Express Tribune, September 22,
2011, http://tribune.com.pk/story/257846/lejs-malik-ishaq-put-under-house-arrest/ (accessed May 2, 2014).
43 “Pakistan orders detention of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi founder,” Dawn, September 22, 2011,
http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/22/pakistan-orders-detention-of-lashkar-e-jhangvi-founder.html (accessed May 28, 2013);
“Police re-arrest LeJ leader,” Dawn, September 28, 2011, http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/28/police-re-arrest-lej-leader.html
(accessed May 28, 2013).
44 “Malik Ishaq released from Kot Lakhpat prison,” Express Tribune, January 21, 2012,
http://tribune.com.pk/story/325121/malik-ishaq-released-from-kot-lakhpat-prison/ (accessed June 20, 2014).
45 Amir Mir, “Malik Ishaq included in most wanted list by US,” The International News, February 7, 2014,
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-28433-Malik-Ishaq-included-in-most-wanted-list-by-US (accessed May
2, 2014).)
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