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the killers, but still they do not stop them. It seems the law enforcers are on
the side of the killers not ours. 144
The surviving family members of LeJ killings are often impoverished by the death of
the family breadwinner. Sughra, the widow of Mohammed Zaman, killed in the
November 6, 2012 Spinney Road taxi attack, described the severe economic impact
of her husband’s murder:
I don’t know whom to turn to for help. I just have no source of income. My
family and my mother in particular have been kind and have been
supporting me thus far. But I know that they will not be able to continue
for very long as they themselves are extremely poor. Soon, I shall have no
money to send my children to school. My children and I, we may be here
now but you should already consider us dead. If the LeJ does not kill us,
poverty will. 145
Nadir Hussain, brother of Karar Hussain, a victim of the Qandahari Bazar shooting, told
Human Rights Watch that one of the consequences of the Hazara’s limited movement has
been rising food prices in Hazara neighborhoods:
For several years now, we have been under attack and have been facing
tremendous problems. We cannot go out of this locality to buy what we
need for our businesses and have to rely on non-Hazaras to bring what we
need to Hazara Town. As a result, we are paying much higher rates for
what we need—flour, wood, everything I need to run this tandoor [oven] is
more expensive for me. It is therefore becoming more and more difficult
for us to survive. 146
Mumtaz Batool, a Hazara resident of Quetta, told Human Rights Watch that
restricted movement had impacted the community’s educational and employment
opportunities:
144 Human Rights watch interview with Juma Khan, January 6, 2013, Quetta.
145 Human Rights Watch interview with Sughra, January 7, 2013, Quetta.
146 Human Rights Watch interview with Nadir Husain, January 7, 2013, Quetta.
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