ISLAMABAD: The UN has asked Pakistan’s government to look into the death of former senator Usman Kakar. UN also asked Pakistani authorities to probe into an alleged “Kill List” that names several people. UN made this request in a later dated December 27, 2021. Afterwards Monday, this is now available for public eye.
The letter asked the government to respond within 60 days. In Case authorities failed to respond in the given time limit, It was obvious that the letter would be a part of a report to the Human Rights council. As of right now, the letter is available for public, which means that no response has been given.
Usman Kakar was a Pashtun minority member and a regional leader for the nationalist Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party. Allegedly, Somebody murdered him in his own house on June 17, 2021. Ex-Senator Kakar received death threats before as well.
In a letter, Morris Tidball-Binz, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions, Aua Baldé, the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, Mary Lawlor, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, and Fernand de Varennes, the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, all expressed concern about a supposed “Kill List.”
Kill List
According to the letter banned Tehreek Taliban Pakistan’s former spokesperson posted this list on Facebook.
The former TTP spokesperson claimed that he got out of jail after closing a deal with security services, He claimed it during an interview with the media. He talked about a “kill list” that agencies gave him, and he said that he had to lead a “death squad” to kill “some people.”
The former militant also named two officers who asked him to do the job because it “was the only way to get him out of prison.”
TTP’s spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed this via a Facebook post in June/July 2021. He claimed that authorities gave him a list of about 10 people to kill, involved in anti-state activities
Ehsan said that the list had names like Afrasiab Khattak, Farhatullah Babar and Mufti Kifayatullah. Ehsan also said that he didn’t follow the orders to kill the man.
The UN Rapporteurs said they are worried about Kakar’s death. They asked how it happened, and the alleged existence of a “kill list” with several names.
The Special Rapporteurs asked the government to “provide any additional information” about these claims.
