Karachi
January 9, 2021
Infuriated by Prime Minister Imran Khanâs statement that equated the demand of Quetta protesters for his visit with âblackmailing the premierâ, Shia groups and the Hazara community expanded their protest sit-ins against the Machh tragedy to more locations in Karachi, blocking multiple major roads in the city that resulted in not only massive traffic jams but also clashes between protestors and commuters.
Eleven miners of the Shia Hazara community were brutally killed before dawn on Sunday while they were asleep near a remote coal mine in the mountainous area of Machh in Balochistan. The Islamic State (IS) claimed the responsibility for the attack.
Young boys hold up placards outside the KPC. Fahim Siddiqi/Shakil Adil/White Star
KARACHI: “The zulm that was done to our people, even animals don’t do this to their foes. This genocide must stop now,” a visibly shaken Hazara woman said at the protest condemning the Mach massacre on Tuesday outside the Karachi Press Club.
The emotionally charged protest was organized by the residents of Hussain Hazara Goth in solidarity with the victims of the Mach coal mine attack where 11 Hazara Shia miners were brutally murdered. The Islamic State group, also known by the Arabic acronym Daesh, claimed responsibility for the killing.
Karachi
January 3, 2021
Opposition leader in the Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly Amjad Advocate said the people hailing from Gilgit Baltistan in Karachi had always supported the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in the metropolis and their hometowns.
During his visit to Karachi, he met several delegations of youth and elders of Gilgit Baltistan living in the city for decades.
He said the PPP would field the community members in the upcoming local government polls in the neighbourhoods where the people from Gilgit Baltistan were living in significant numbers.
Lines Area, Kamran Chowrangi, Korangi, Hussain Hazara Goth, Jaffer Tayyar Society, Mianwali Colony and Garden are among such areas.