By News Desk
ISLAMABAD: In a late night development, much to the relief of citizens across Pakistan that had been waiting to see a speedy redressal of the grievances of the Hazara community, it was announced that the 10 coal miners who were massacred by terrorists on Sunday will be buried.
Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Suri, who was in Quetta along with Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan and Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi to hold talks with Shuhada Action Committee late on Friday night, announced that the sit-in has come to an end with the Shuhada Committee agreeing to bury the martyred coal miners and Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa were set to depart for Quetta to condole with the bereaved families and listen to their grievances.
PM Imran Khan in Quetta to condole with Hazara community
Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran Khan. File photo
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has arrived in Quetta to meet the Hazara community and get a briefing on the law and order situation in the province after the Machh tragedy, Geo News reported Saturday.
According to the TV report, PM Imran will meet with the leaders and religious scholars of the Hazara community to share their grief and condole over the last week incident in which 10 miners were killed by the militants in Balochistan’s remote area.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed is with the prime minister on his daylong visit to the provincial capital.
Hazara coal miners executed in Machh laid to rest in Quetta
Pakistan
Sat, Jan 09, 2021
QUETTA: The slain coal miners of Machh have been laid to rest almost a week after their mourning families staged sit-ins across Quetta demanding resignations from the Balochistan government and a visit from Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The miners were buried in the Hazara Town graveyard.
A large number of people gathered for the burial of the miners.
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas and other Hazara leaders were at the cemetery.
National Assembly Qasim Suri Deputy Speaker and Special Assistant to the PM Zulfi Bukhari, Balochistan Home Minister Mir Ziaullah Langau, provincial minister Mir Arif Jan Mohammad and other government officials also attended the funeral prayers.
Slain coal miners to be buried as talks in Quetta between govt, protesters succeed
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Saturday Jan 09, 2021
Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi addressing the protester s camp, in Quetta, on January 9, 2021. YouTube
After successful talks, families of slain coal miners in Quetta agree to bury them
Ali Haider Zaidi says a written accord was struck for the first time between the government and the Hazara community
NA Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri says PM Imran Khan, Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa will reach Quetta right after the burial
In a late night development, much to the relief of citizens across Pakistan that had been waiting to see a speedy redressal of the grievances of the Hazara community, it was announced that the 10 coal miners who were massacred by terrorists six days ago will be buried.