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QUETTA, Pakistan – The mother of an American kidnapped in Pakistan appealed for his freedom in a message released Saturday, describing her son as a “very gentle person” devoted to his humanitarian work.
Rose Solecki asked for help from the people of southwest Pakistan’s Baluchistan province, where her son John Solecki was serving as the head of the regional U.N. refugee office when he was taken captive Feb. 2. The U.N. has been trying to establish contact with the kidnappers, who have threatened to kill John Solecki.
The kidnapping has underlined the overall deteriorating security situation in nuclear-armed Pakistan, which is battling al-Qaida and Taliban-led militants in its northwest. In her message, Rose Solecki expressed bewilderment at her son’s predicament.
“I simply do not understand why this is happening to our dear John,” said Rose Solecki, 83. “I cannot begin to explain the sorrows and pain that I am going through right now. My husband and I are old. We want to be with John again. We cannot bear losing John.”
The audio message was released through the United Nations along with a photo of Solecki and his parents.
The U.N. has said the matter is very urgent because Solecki has a medical condition. In a 20-second clip released by his kidnappers on Feb. 13, a blindfolded Solecki said he was “sick and in trouble.”
Rose Solecki noted that she and her 91-year-old husband Ralph are both archaeologists and that she had lived in Baluchistan many years before. The couple visited their son in the provincial capital of Quetta last year, she said.
“This recent happy memory quickly turned into a nightmare,” she said. “To our friends in Baluchistan, please help us find John and have him returned safely to his family, friends and colleagues. John has helped many people in Baluchistan, and now my son needs your help.”
In the Feb. 13 message, Solecki’s captors threatened to kill him within 72 hours, but later said they would extend the deadline for a “few days.” It was unclear exactly when the new deadline would expire.
The kidnappers have identified themselves as the previously unknown Baluchistan Liberation United Front. The name indicates the group is more likely linked to separatists than to Islamists. The kidnappers have demanded the release of 141 women allegedly held in Pakistan, but Pakistani officials have said no such group of women are being held.
Earlier Saturday, a suspected Shiite gunmen killed two members of the rival Sunni Muslim sect in the northwest city of Dera Ismail Khan, police said, a day after a suicide bombing at a Shiite leader’s funeral killed 36 and set off sectarian riots.
Three other Sunnis were wounded Saturday when the gunmen rode by a market on a motorbike and fired, area police chief Miran Shah said.
The attack occurred despite the presence of troops sent to patrol the city after Friday’s suicide attack at a funeral where about 1,000 people had gathered to mourn Sher Zeman, a local Shiite leader gunned down the day before.
After the bombing, angry Shiites fired on police and a public bus was torched. Three people were shot dead in the melee, officials said. A mass funeral was planned Saturday for victims of the Friday bombing, which also wounded more than 60.
Extremists from the majority Sunni community view Shiites as heretics, and the two groups have long engaged in tit-for-tat killings in Pakistan. Attacks have increased in recent years along with violence by al-Qaida and the Taliban, which are also Sunni groups.
Taliban-led militants have seized control of pockets of northwest Pakistan despite military offensives and analysts say they are likely directing or supporting the sectarian violence.
On Monday, Pakistan announced it would agree to the imposition of Islamic law in the northwest’s restive Swat Valley as part of a deal aimed at restoring peace there. The pact was spearheaded by hard-line cleric Sufi Mohammed who is negotiating with the Taliban in the valley to give up their arms.
The government has rejected criticism that the pact would create a Taliban sanctuary less than 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the capital, Islamabad. But U.S. and European officials are worried the deal could be a major concession giving the Taliban a safe haven.
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A five-point agreement for the enforcement of Shariat in Malakand Division has been finalized in the successful talks held between the NWFP government and Maulana Sufi Muhammad.
The final talks between Tahrik-e-Nifaz Shariat Muhammadi’s chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad and the NWFP government on the enforcement of Shariat in Malakand Division successfully concluded here after arriving at a five-point agreement.
NWFP government delegation constituting of NWFP Information Minister, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, ANP Central Secretary Information, Zahid Khan and provincial Minister, Haji Hidayetullah Khan on the one hand, while Sufi Muhammad and his shoora committee members on the other, held talks closed-door talks at Timargrah, the headquarter of District Dir at the Rest House here.
Following the talks, while addressing his associates and talking exclusively to Geo News, Maulana Sufi Muhammad said that the government delegation held talks on the draft agreement of Nifaz-e-Shariat and for maintenance of peace. He said that a five-member delegation of Nifaz-e-Shariat would be meeting NWFP chief minister tomorrow in Peshawar, when an announcement would be made relating to the success of the talks. He said that after the enforcement of Shariat, he would be visiting Swat for holding peace talks.
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Returning Officers at and all the provincial capitals Sunday completed the scrutiny process clearing 141 candidates out of total 158 to contest the forthcoming Senate Election. As many as 158 candidates had submitted nomination papers against 50 seats of the Senate falling vacant from March 11 with retirement of half of the members, with maximum number filing papers from Balochistan.
Returning Officers rejected nomination papers of 17 candidates with none rejected from FATA while from Sindh all candidates have already announced as ‘returned uncontested.’ For FATA, all 34 candidates who had submitted nomination papers against four seats, have been cleared by the Returning Officer with the scrutiny process coming to an end Sunday afternoon. For Islamabad, nomination papers of six out of total nine candidates have been accepted against two Senate seats with one each; general seat and seat reserved for women.
In Punjab, nomination papers of 18 candidates have been accepted against seven general and two each seats reserved for women and ulema/technocrats while 11 nomination papers were rejected. In Sindh, 11 candidates had filed nomination papers against 11 seats from the province and all of them have already been declared returned uncontested by the Provincial Election Commissioner. From NWFP, out of total 23 candidates who had submitted nomination papers against seven general and two each seats reserved for women and technocrats, papers of only one candidates were rejected while all others were cleared for the Senate election.
In Balochistan, out of total 51 candidates, nomination papers of 49 candidates were found in order against seven general and two each seats reserved for women and ulema/technocrats. Only two candidates faced rejection. This way with culmination of the scrutiny process that had started Saturday, now 141 candidates are in the run for the 50 Senate seats.
As February 21 is the withdrawal date and the final list is going to be displayed on February 22, the situation would then be clear as to who will be taking on whom. Senate election would be held on March 4.
