Govt, protesters reach consensus; Quetta sit-in ends and bodies to be buried
Pakistan
Sat, Jan 09, 2021
Federal minister Ali Zaidi addressing the protesters at the Quetta sit-in, on January 09, 2021. YouTube
The federal government and the protesting Hazara community reached a consensus late Friday and the latter decided to end their sit-in. The protesters have also agreed to bury the slain coal miners.
Thousands of Hazara protesters, including women and children, had staged a sit-in at the Western Bypass in extremely cold weather for the last six days against the brutal execution of 10 Hazara coal miners in Machh.
Meanwhile, speaking to the protesters on the occasion, Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi said that such incidents of violence must now come to an end.