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  • Comment: Rewritten without LLM. Anasim (talk) 05:01, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: As information about the event is coming out it appears that massacre may be the correct interpretation of the the events that transpired. At the time of this comment, there were 74K posts on X for #IslamabadMassacre. So perhaps the page should be retained, after all. Meanwhile, I will remove the LLM content and make it human. Anasim (talk) 10:06, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: A massacre and an unrest maybe related events but they are separate in scope and scale. Just like My Lai Massacre must be distinguished from the Vietnam war.
    Unrest is a political struggle. Protesters try to raise awareness and/or gain in political terms.
    Massacres are acts of violence with the intent to harm, suppress, or annihilate a specific population or group, in this case PTI.
    Political protests participants tend to be opposition and executive government. Massacre perpetrators kill unarmed civilians in large numbers.
    Finally, legality of the two events is very much distinct. Protests tend to be legal. Killing unarmed civilians cannot ever be legal.
    Therefore this even must be documented separate from the related events, if any.Anasim (talk) 23:00, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Wikipedia:Article titles Titles should reflect the specific subject covered by the article. If November 2024 Islamabad unrest refers to a larger period of protests that are ongoing, and Islamabad Massacre to a specific violent act, separate titles help readers differentiate the scope of each article.
    Wikipedia: Notability (massacre was noted in legislature of various countries and documented by international news organization as a distinct event) criteria favors separate pages. Wikipedia:Summary Style suggests that a fuller treatment of an event that led to hundreds of deaths and injuries should have its own page. (NOR) will be better met if massacre just documents facts of casualties, injuries and loss of property, rather than an interpretation of a larger political movement. And the less interpretation that is involved, the better the conformance of the article to (NPOV). Anasim (talk) 23:58, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Islamabad Massacre
اسلام آباد میں قتل عام
Part of the November 2024 Islamabad unrest
man thrown down by paramilitary
Praying man pushed of the top of containers
LocationD-Chowk, Islamabad
Coordinates33°43′46″N 73°05′27″E / 33.7294°N 73.0908°E / 33.7294; 73.0908
Date26 November 2024 (5 days ago) (2024-11-26)
TargetPTI Protestors
Attack type
Massacre
DeathsEstimated around 20 to 430[1][2][3][4]
Injured900-1,500 [2]
PerpetratorsPakistan Army
DefendersPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Property damage of 200 cars [5][6] also reported

The Islamabad Massacre was a massacre committed in November 2024 by the Pakistan Army involving the indiscriminate attack on unarmed protesters at D-Chowk, Islamabad, Pakistan during the protests. [7]. At least 20 and up to 430 civilians[2], mostly from the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan and Gilgit-Baltistan[8] were murdered by Pakistan Rangers and X Corps[citation needed] from Pakistan Army. Snipers, using army supplied range finders[9] [10], were also reported. Parallels were drawn[11] [12] between the mass murder and genocide committed by Pakistan Army in Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan. [13]

Massacre

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Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi invoked Article 245[14][15][16] of the Constitution of Pakistan, which authorizes the armed forces to 'act in the aid of civil power when called upon to do so'. On the night[17] of 26 and 27 of November 2024, Pakistan's security forces launched a sweeping midnight raid on the supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan who had stormed the capital demanding his release. Upwards of 50,000 protesters had been gathered in the capital Islamabad, and upwards of 20,000 security forces[18]were involved in the operation. At the start of the operation, security forces turned off street lights, cut power to nearby buildings, and locked down the Internet.[19] During the day before, thousands of Imran Khan's supporters had been arrested[20].

Investigation and cover-up

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A Journalist investigating the fatalities count by visiting nearby hospitals was arrested [21][22]. An Eyewitness reports on Twitter that the firing by the security forces went on for two hours, resulting in 250 to 2000 fatalities, later hauled away in 15 to 20 army big truck.[23]

Public reaction and Aftermath

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Twitter was flooded with posts[7][24] on the subject. There are several eyewitness reports, video footage of events as they transpired, and anecdotal accounts. For instance, a video is circulating showing vultures hovering over the ground zero of the operation. [25]. Several vigils have been organized to mourn the deaths. [26][27]

References

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  1. ^ "BBC Urdu report from hospitals". BBC Urdu (in Urdu). BBC. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Twitter Post by Farooqui Jameel". X. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  3. ^ @HassanAyub82 (25 November 2024). "earliest tweet from pro-government journalist claiming 100 "heads opened"" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Zalmay MK. "Zalmay MK on AI Hallucinations". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  5. ^ DrAsh313 (29 November 2024). "Tweet about property damage".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ PTIofficial. "More Proofs". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2024-11-30, from https://x.com/PTIofficial/status/1862687537392755111
  7. ^ a b "#IslamabadMassacre - Live Posts". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  8. ^ "PTI Protest Sparks Chaos in Islamabad's D-Chowk". Khyber News. Khyber News. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  9. ^ PTI Official USA. "PTI Official USA on X". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Pakistan Army's Slaughter of Innocent Civilians in Islamabad". Media Review Network. Media Review Network. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  11. ^ Islamabad Massacre: Hundreds of Imran supporters smothered, PTI calls it 'darkest hour of Pakistan'. YouTube. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Islamabad PTI Protests Turn Violent, Draw Comparisons to 1971 East Pakistan Massacre". Mathrubhumi. Mathrubhumi. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  13. ^ Shah Meer Baloch (27 November 2024). "Pakistan Army and Police Accused of Firing on Imran Khan Supporters". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  14. ^ "Constitution of Pakistan (Amendment Act, 2015)" (PDF). National Assembly of Pakistan. 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Constitution of Pakistan: Part XII, Chapter 2". Pakistani.org. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  16. ^ "Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly of Pakistan, 2007" (PDF). National Assembly of Pakistan. 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  17. ^ "Four Paramilitary Troops Killed in Attacks in Pakistan Capital, Interior Ministry Says". Reuters. Reuters. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  18. ^ "Amnesty International Demands Investigation into Deadly Crackdown in PTI Protest in Islamabad". Asia News Network. Asia News Network. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  19. ^ "Pakistan Protests: What's Behind the Imran Khan Tensions in Islamabad". CNN. 26 November 2024.
  20. ^ "Pakistan detains over 4,000 Imran Khan supporters before Islamabad rally". Al Jazeera. 25 November 2024.
  21. ^ "Khan protest in Pakistan: Reporter Matiullah Jan arrested". Deutsche Welle. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  22. ^ "PTI vehemently condemns ministers' 'blatant lies,' calls for JC to probe Islamabad massacre". Pakistan Today. 29 November 2024.
  23. ^ "Twitter Post by M Asif". X. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  24. ^ "گولی کیوں چلائی hashtag". X. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  25. ^ "Twitter Post by Sufisal". X. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  26. ^ PTIOfficialUSA. "Houston area". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2024-11-30, from https://x.com/PTIOfficialUSA/status/1862720576349250055
  27. ^ NasirmirPti. "OIC Vigils List". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2024-11-30, from https://x.com/NasirmirPti/status/1862661467226415396
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