QUETTA: Amid countrywide protests against killing of over 80 Hazara shias on Saturday in Quetta, heirs of the victims continued protest sit-in on Monday along with dead bodies of their beloved ones, announcing that they would not bury their dead until Pakistan Army was in control of Quetta, Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported.
Quetta city, the capital of restive Balochistan province, wore a gloomy look as the Hazara people staged a sit-in in Hazara Town and demanded the government to protect them from bombings and shootings.
“We will continue the sit-in unless Quetta is handed over to the army for security,” said a spokesman for the Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM).
On Sunday, the Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) gave a 48-hour deadline to the government for the arrest of those involved in the Kirani road carnage.
While the city presented a deserted look on Sunday as a complete shutter-down strike was observed in the provincial capital to condemn the Hazara town bombing on the call of the HDP, endorsed by nearly all the politico-nationalists parties.
All markets and business remained closed in various parts of the city throughout the day. Traffic was thin on the city’s roads compared to the routine rush.
Thousands of people from across the country also took to the streets on Sunday to protest violent incident. They staged protest rallies and sit-ins in various parts of the country.
“If the culprits involved in the incident were not apprehended then the protest would be lodged in front of the high court on a daily basis,” vice chairman HDP Azizullah Hazara announced in a press conference.
Azizullah vowed to intensify the protest movement, staging demonstrations worldwide, particularly in European countries, Australia, America as well as in front of the offices of the United Nations to condemn the killings of Hazaras in Quetta.
DND
