MPs Condemn Massacre Of Pakistani Shiites

Tehran, March 11, IRNA – Some 234 members of Majlis (Parliament), out of the total 290, in a statement issued Sunday, condemned killing of a group of Pakistani Shiites. The parliamentarians referred to the massacre as a plot hatched by enemies of Islam. The statement was read out at Majlis by Ali Reza Moradi, a member of presiding board of the legislative body. Undoubtedly, such organized crimes are committed by main Islamˈs enemies such as US and UK and their regional allies, the statement said. The world public opinion expects Pakistani parliament, government and intelligence agencies to react to this anti-human plot. The statement said such a conspiracy has targeted Pakistanˈs national security, stressing that these brutal crimes should be halted. The statement then criticized silence of the international society and the so-called advocates of human rights towards brutality in Pakistan. It reiterated that today, the issue of human rights has turned into a political tool for big powers./end