Unfortunately, there is a tradition of appointing ambassadors on political grounds in Pakistan, people who have no knowledge about foreign service are appointed as ambassadors. They do not care about Pakistan or the interests of Pakistani citizens residing in this country. Former Foreign Secretary
Sunday, May 19, 2024
Bishkek (Urdupoint Newspaper Latest - International Press Agency. May 19, 2024) The students have expressed a strong reaction to the role of the Pakistani embassy in the attacks of local armed men on Pakistani students in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, saying that when the local people They were brutally torturing the male and female students by breaking into the hostels, so no one was there to answer the phone in the Pakistani Embassy in Bishkek.
Affected students have sent some videos and radios to a British-based Pakistani journalist, while the phone calls of two female students, whose identity has not been revealed for their protection, show that this is not the only attitude of the Pakistani embassy in Bishkek. Rather, there was no response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad to the phone calls made by the students and their families, and after the videos surfaced on social media, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Pakistani Embassy came to their senses. There was a commotion.
Two female students who called the Pakistani journalist on the phone said that armed men entered the hostel by breaking the doors and tortured the girls. And during the missed call, the girls are heard crying in the background, while some terrified students are saying, "They are coming again, they will kill us." Tried several times but no response from the other side.
The expatriates always have doubts about the embassies of Pakistan that the behavior of the embassies and consulates in an emergency situation is "bureaucratic". Steps are not taken to make it. In most countries, ambassadors are appointed on political grounds who have no knowledge about foreign service. It will not be wrong to say that the ambassadors appointed on political grounds only go to Pakistan for fun. Or they do not care about the interests of Pakistani citizens living in this country.
On the other hand, speaking to the British Broadcasting Corporation, Hasina Numan, a Pakistani student living in Bishkek, said that local Kyrgyz armed with sticks and sticks attacked her hostel and broke the lock of her room door, grabbed her fellow student by her hair and slapped her. Hasina Numan herself was also injured in this attack, she said that the attackers also looted the hostels. The mob stormed the hostels and flats of foreign students. Pakistani Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Hasan Zaigham said in a video that 14 Pakistani students were injured while one Pakistani student Shahzeb was being treated in a hospital in Bishkek. The news on social media is baseless. Four people involved in the attacks have been arrested.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Interior of Kyrgyzstan has said in a statement that the situation is now under control, while officials of law enforcement agencies, including the police, have been deployed to maintain law and order.
According to reports, police officials in Bishkek have tried to disperse the protesters through negotiations, while the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan says that 29 foreigners, including Pakistanis, have been provided medical aid at Gulab Khan Medical College in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. A student of the final year of the said that the angry mob has tortured many foreign students, including Pakistanis. Mustafa Khan, a medical college student, said that a sudden noise started late at night and dozens of armed people entered our rooms and tortured us. I opened the door of the hostel room with my roommate. They tried to lock it, but they broke the door and entered. They say that the three of us were mercilessly tortured.
Muhammad Bilal, who lives there with a few other Pakistanis on rent in a flat near the university, told the BBC that after the video of the fight between foreign students and local people went viral, hundreds of people A mob consisting of 10,000 students attacked hostels and flats, beating students without asking their nationality. They were also live on YouTube. Most of the Pakistanis live in these hostels, but a small number of students from Bangladesh and Egypt also live. A few Indian and Pakistani students have rented houses in addition to hostels and flats.
Bilal claimed that Pakistani students were their special target because wherever they found Pakistanis, they invaded hostels, flats and houses and attacked them and the students were beaten. The female students have been seen walking outside or coming somewhere and they have also been abused and harassed. Varsha Gujjar, a medical student, says that she took shelter in a room along with other students. The assailants tried to break the door of the room. "We locked ourselves in the bathroom and stayed there for two hours. We didn't have the courage to come out because there was constant noise outside and the door was being kicked," Varsha says. At this time, Pakistani students are in shock, our parents, siblings are worried, at this time no one knows anything.
Kainat Malik, a victim of violence, says that she will not be able to forget this incident for the rest of her life. My mother tells me not to study anymore and come back immediately. The BBC says that on May 13, police were informed that foreigners claimed to have assaulted and killed a number of local residents in one of the hostels around Mustafa Cafe in Bishkek. There has been a fight between the residents and the guests in the hostel.
In this regard, the police on Telegram said that they know about the fight in the hostel. All the persons were taken to the police center where they gave their statements. The telegram post also said that the reasons for the conflict were announced. However, a case has been registered and police investigations are ongoing.According to local media, after the May 13 incident, many news stories spread on social media in Bishkek, which angered local people against foreigners. .
According to the report, on the evening of May 17, hundreds of people gathered near the students' hostel for protest. Some hostels of medical universities and private residences of students from other countries, including Pakistanis, were attacked in Shakiq. Students from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are staying in these hostels. Egyptian students and foreigners were also involved, according to the local media of Kyrgyzstan. After the riot, the police arrested three people and registered a case against them. Despite this, the number of protesters increased and around three hundred people gathered outside the hostels, after which the entire police force was called in and around 50 protesters were detained and later released. Some roads were blocked due to this.
