Shutter-down: Quetta closed after Hazara killings
At least five people were gunned down on Thursday morning while six others were injured, when a van carrying people belonging to the the Hazara community was ambushed on Spini road.
The Hazara community continued their protest for the second consecutive day by staging demonstrations.
Addressing a news conference at Hazara Graveyard, the Vice President of the Shia Conference said that police have rounded up several people of the Hazara community during a peaceful protest. “We will not bury the bodies until the arrested Hazara people are released,” he said.
The strike call was given by the Hazara Democratic Party (HDP), Shia Conference and backed by Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP), Jamhoori Wattan Party (JWP) and other nationalist parties condemning the incident.
Trade and business activities in Quetta remained at a halt. All shops, trading centers, retailers and commercial establishments on Prince Road, Masjid Road, Liaquat Bazaar, Joint Road, Saryab Road, Alamdar Road, Hazara Town, Marriabad, Abdul Sattar Road, Zarghoon Road and others were closed.
Traffic remained thin and all street bore a deserted appearance.
Stringent security measures have been put on place with the heavy deployment of Frontier Corps (FC), police and other law enforcement agencies to thwart any unpleasant incident.
The Hazara community had staged a protest at the graveyard demanding an immediate arrest of culprits involved in targeted killings of the Hazara community.
The angry protestors burnt tyres on Eastern Bypass and raised slogans against the government and law enforcement agencies for their failure to protect the life and property of people.
A police official Mukham Raza was also killed during the violent protests triggered by the killings yesterday.
Police have rounded up dozens of suspects so far during their investigation.
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No more Shia killings accepted and we goes for the revenge it will be disaster like in Lebanon and some people want Pakistan drowned in crisis so it is better for the Establishment agencies, so called judiciary and civil society to come forward and stop the shiakillings immediately.
Such killings are not any solutions...
Desecration of the Dead. Don't play politics on Dead bodies.The Dead have also to be respected. The Govt has lost all credibility to Govern.
@Hazara FC and Police are themselves playing their role in encouraging the genocide of Shia Muslims in Pakistan.
http://tribune.com.pk/multimedia/videos/357330/
Just watched the protest video. Wish the law enforcement agencies were that proactive to catch the criminal and terrorists who caused all this and not the relatives who are protesting for their loss.
Remember this has been going on for 9 years now... Every few weeks there is an attack on Hazara Community.
Every day there are strikes in one or other city of Pakistan due to obvious reasons.
It seems less Pakistan and more Hartalistan.
where is Frontier Corps (FC), police and other law enforcement Agencies Yesterday during incident when peopel Targeted by terorist
It is crystal clear that Pakistan is becaming a failed state, which could not have the ability to give safegaurd to the citizen. Now the People particullary Hazaras should make managments for their protections.