Hazara Action Committee has given ten days deadline to the Federal Government

ABBOTTABAD – The Hazara Action Committee has given ten days deadline to the Federal Government for the acceptance of their demands and has warned of shutter down protests across Hazara region otherwise.
Chairman Tehreek-e-Hazara, Sardar Haider Zaman disclosed to TheNation on Saturday that the deadline was given on April 16 and would be effective till April 26, 2010.  He said that hunger strike camps were arranged across the Hazara Division but shutter down strikes and protests had been delayed keeping in view passing out parades being held at Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Kakul that would continue till April 23.
About deliberations with the Federal Government for the formation of Hazara province, Zaman said, “ We have clearly told the Federal Government that there is one-point agenda, and that is formation of Hazara province, if they are serious about it they are most welcome otherwise its useless to talk.”
Regarding dialogue with ANP-led government, he said on a critical note, “Dialogue process cannot be initiated with an authoritarian regime that has slaughtered over a dozen of innocent people of Hazara,” he was referring to April 12 killings of protestors at the behest of ANP Government.
Sources in Federal Interior Ministry confided that Interior Minister Rehman Malik called Sardar Haider Zaman on Thursday night, requesting him for a meeting.
In response, Sardar Haider Zaman reportedly extended a welcoming invitation to the Minister on the condition that the sole focus of the meeting would be discussions on the formation of Hazara province.