Ending a week of protests, hundreds of Shia Pakistanis gathered on Saturday here to bury 11 coal miners from the Hazara community, who were killed in the Islami
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Friday slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan for not visiting the Shia Hazaras protesting
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed his sympathy with members of the ethnic Hazara community protesting against the killing of 10 coal miners in a targeted attack last week, but has referred to a demand that he visit them before they bury their dead as “blackmail”.
Hundreds of ethnic Hazara protesters, members of a community that has faced more than 20 years of targeted attacks that have killed hundreds, have been blocking a highway in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, since the attack took place on Sunday.
The 10 miners were apprehended by gunmen at a coalmine, identified as belonging to the Hazara community and then executed, security officials say.
Don t blackmail me, Imran Khan tells Hazaras protesting against 11 miners killed in Balochistan
On Sunday, unidentified gunmen stormed a coal mine in Machh town near Quetta, pulling out ethnic Hazaras from their homes and opened fire on them.
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Updated: Jan 8, 2021, 10:36 PM IST
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused members of the Hazara community of blackmailing him after they refused to bury the remains of 11 coal miners, who were killed in the Islamic States` attack, until the premier visits them. Braving the bone-chilling weather, hundreds of members of the Hazara community have been protesting for several days against the killing of 11 coal miners in Machh town of Balochistan.
Don t blackmail me, Imran Khan tells Hazaras protesting against 11 miners killing in Balochistan ANI | Updated: Jan 08, 2021 20:34 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 8 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused members of the Hazara community of blackmailing him after they refused to bury the remains of 11 coal miners, who were killed in the Islamic States attack, until the premier visits them.
Braving the bone-chilling weather, hundreds of members of the Hazara community have been protesting for several days against the killing of 11 coal miners in Machh town of Balochistan. Since the attack, the relatives of those killed placed their coffins on a highway in Quetta and refused to bury the dead until the killers were apprehended and Khan came to meet them.