(PPF/IFEX) – Cable television operators in the city of Quetta and other parts of Balochistan province suspended their services on 22 April 2003 to protest the burning down of a cable network operator’s offices by unidentified persons. The watchman guarding the network office received burn injuries and was admitted to hospital. According to press reports, […]
(PPF/IFEX) – Cable television operators in the city of Quetta and other parts of Balochistan province suspended their services on 22 April 2003 to protest the burning down of a cable network operator’s offices by unidentified persons. The watchman guarding the network office received burn injuries and was admitted to hospital.
According to press reports, twelve armed men, with their faces covered, overpowered the guard and broke into the office of Millennium Cable TV Network Company in a suburb of Quetta. The attackers set the office’s equipment on fire and also beat up and injured the night staff. When the guard offered resistance, they threw him on burning machinery and fled.
Police officials confirmed the incident and said a case has been registered against the unknown assailants. Quetta cable operators suspended their transmissions as a mark of protest against the attack and demanded the immediate arrest of the persons involved in the crime. All Balochistan Cable TV Operators Association President Sohail Aziz condemned the attack and said, “It is an act of terrorism.”
Aziz said cable operators in Quetta had earlier received anonymous threatening letters. The association informed police and asked for protection for cable operators.
