ICC Note: Following the recent suicide bombing that took place at a hospital in Pakistan, Church leaders in the country are urging the government to increase their efforts to protect the lives of the citizens. This attack, which has been claimed by ISIS and the Pakistani Taliban, resulted in the death of 70 people and injury of at least 200. According to reports, this hospital was targeted because there were a number of lawyers visiting at the time that were working on stopping laws from passing that would implement Sharia in the area. The Pakistani Church has stated that they will always be willing to help the victims of such attacks, but the government needs to take action in order to prevent them from happening.

08/11/2016, Pakistan (AsiaNews.it) – After the massacre in Quetta, the Justice and Peace Commission recalls that the province of Balochistan has suffered more than 1,400 episodes of violence in the last 15 years: “The situation in unacceptable, and we will be at the side of the population.” Civil movements demand Islamabad account for security disaster. The hospital attacks, claimed by ISIS and the Pakistani Taliban, killed over 70 people; more than 200 wounded.

Balochistan “has suffered more than 1,400 violent incidents in the past 15 years. Killing the innocent, targeting hospitals are inhumane acts. The government must take action once and for all: the Catholic Church is and always will remain at the side of the population, especially in these hours of suffering,” says Msgr. Arshad Joseph, Bishop of Faisalabad and President of the National Commission for Justice and Peace, commenting on yet another massacre that took place yesterday in Quetta.

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