Pakistan sacks Baluchistan government

January 14, 2013 08:25

The Pakistan government has imposed Governor's rule in the troubled province of Baluchistan after dissolving the ruling provincial government.

Prime Minister, Raja Pervaz Ashraf made the announcement late Sunday night after prolonged talks with Hazara Shia leaders who were staging a sit-in to demand the dismissal of provincial government and the army control of Quetta.

Ashraf assured the leaders of the Hazara Shia community that under governor rule the chief executive of the province could summon the army anytime to help the administration.

The sit-in by the Hazara community leaders started on Alamdar road in the city since Thursday night when twin bomb blasts in the area killed around 98 people and injured over 130.

Most of those killed in the twin blasts belonged to the Hazara Shias who have refused to bury the victims until their demands were met by the government.

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