(CLOCKWISE FROM TOP) While braving heavy shelling, a government employee lobs a tear gas shell back at security men during a demonstration near the Parliament House on Wednesday; a policeman fires tear gas at demonstrators; and protesters pelt law-enforcement personnel with stones. White Star
ISLAMABAD: The capital’s Red Zone gave a look of a battle zone on Wednesday as the federal government employees and security personnel clashed throughout the day in the heavily-guarded area.
The protesters are demanding increase in their salaries in accordance with the prevailing inflation.
Protesting under the umbrella of All Government Employees Grand Alliance, the public servants announced a sit-in at Pak Secretariat till their salaries were increased.
PRCS holds blood donation camp
Islamabad
February 4, 2021
Islamabad : The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) organised a donation camp here in F-7 Markaz on Wednesday to help address serious shortage of blood amid depleted donations due to Coronavirus pandemic.
National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri was chief guest on the occasion. PRCS Chairman Abrar ul Haq and other senior officials were also present at the camp.
Speaking on the occasion, Qasim Khan Suri said thousands of people have lost lives to Covid-19; however, many more lives are at risk due to blood shortages. Patients at risk include those suffering from leukemia, thalassemia, hemophilia, anemia, or those undergoing critical surgeries or sustaining injuries in road accidents. He welcomed the PRCS initiative of setting up blood camps and urged all segments of the society to wholeheartedly help PRCS in this humanitarian cause.
Hazara coal miners laid to rest
All the martyrs were buried at the Hazara Town graveyard
Photo: Express
QUETTA:
Eleven coal miners of the Hazara community, who were brutally killed in the Machh coal field area on January 3, were laid to rest at the Hazara Town graveyard on Saturday.
The funeral prayers were led by Allama Raja Nasir Abbas in Quetta s Hazara Town, attended by thousands of people, including the relatives and friends of thedeceased, locals and residents of the area.
Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal, Provincial Minister Mir Ziaullah Langau, Parliamentary Secretary for Urban Planning and Quetta Development Authority Mubeen Khan Khilji, Saleem Ahmed Khosa, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Zulfi Bukhari, National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri, Federal Minister Ali Zaidi and MWM leaders also attended the funeral.
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Slain coal miners laid to rest in Quetta s Hazara Town
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The funeral prayers were offered in Quetta s Hazara Town.
QUETTA (Dunya News) – The funeral prayers for the slain coal miners, who were shot dead by terrorists in Machh area of Balochistan on Sunday (January 3), have Saturday been offered in Quetta and the dead bodies are laid to rest in the graveyard of Hazara Town.
National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri, Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi, SAPM on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari, Balochistan’s provincial ministers Zia Lango, Saleem Khosa and Mobeen Khilji offered the prayers along with a large number of people.