PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari addresses Hazara protesters. DawnNewsTV
PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz arrived on Thursday at the site in Quetta where members of the Shia Hazara community have been protesting the killing of 11 coal miners in Balochistan s Mach area.
Taking to the stage, Bilawal and Maryam, who are currently part of an 11-party anti-government alliance, addressed the protesters along with other political leaders including Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
Bilawal recalled that the Hazara community had protested with as many as 100 coffins after attacks during the PPP government s tenure.
Members of the Shia Hazara community stage a protest along with coffins containing the miners bodies in the western bypass area in Quetta on Thursday. Photo by Ghalib Nihad
Members belonging to the Shia Hazara community continue to protest for a fifth straight day on Thursday in the western bypass area in Quetta on Thursday. Photo by Ghalib Nihad
Despite Prime Minister Imran Khan s request to move ahead with the final rites of the slain miners and an assurance that he would visit them very soon , Balochistan s Shia Hazara community continued to protest for a fifth straight day on Thursday, refusing to bury those who were brutally killed over the weekend in the province s Mach area.
PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari addresses Hazara protesters. DawnNewsTV
PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz arrived on Thursday at the site in Quetta where members of the Shia Hazara community have been protesting the killing of 11 coal miners in Balochistan s Mach area.
Taking to the stage, Bilawal and Maryam, who are currently part of an 11-party anti-government alliance, addressed the protesters along with other political leaders including Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
Bilawal recalled that the Hazara community had protested with as many as 100 coffins after attacks during the PPP government s tenure.