The violence that has engulfed Mastung over the past several days is part of a deliberate campaign to destabilise Balochistan by spreading fear among ordinary citizens and attacking the institutions that uphold the writ of the state. This is terrorism in its clearest form, designed not merely to kill but to convince people that nowhere is safe and no institution is beyond reach.

The assassination yesterday of a district and sessions judge and his security guard represents a........

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