• Appeals for burial of slain miners
• Balochistan CM, two federal cabinet members’ talks with protesters yield no result
ISLAMABAD/QUETTA: Amid escalating criticism in the country and on the advice of several senior cabinet members, Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to visit Quetta “soon” to express solidarity with the members of the Shia Hazara community, who have been protesting in Quetta for the last four days along with the bodies of the coal miners killed in Sunday’s terrorist attack in the Mach area,
Dawn has learnt through sources.
“The date and time of the prime minister’s visit are being kept secret due to security concerns, but he (the PM) will pay a surprise visit very soon,” said a senior member of the federal cabinet while talking to
Balochistan CM urges Hazara mourners to bury slain coal miners
Pakistan
Thu, Jan 07, 2021
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan has once again appealed to the mourners of the Machh tragedy to bury the slain coal miners. The religious obligations may not be held back, he wrote on Twitter. I request you all again.
Thousands of mourners, including women and children, have blockaded the Western Bypass for the past five days in extremely cold weather, protesting against the Machh tragedy wherein 11 miners were kidnapped before dawn on January 3 as they slept near a remote coal mine some 60 kilometres southeast of Quetta city and shot to death.
Hazaras refuse to bury Mach victims
Protesters say ending sit-in is conditional on PM’s visit to Quetta
QUETTA/
ISLAMABAD:
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday urged the families of Mach massacre victims to bury their loved ones as Balochistan and federal governments failed to convince the protestors to end their Quetta sit-in that has been continuing for four days amid extreme cold weather.
The prime minister took to micro-blogging site Twitter to reassure the Hazara families that he is “cognizant of their suffering and their demands” after the protest leaders refused to end their protest until PM Imran Khan himself visits them and listens to their demands.
Hazaras sit-in protest with dead bodies of slain miners enters 5th day
Published On 07 January,2021 06:24 am
Protesters vowed to continue sit-in until PM Imran arrives in Quetta to meet the bereaved families.
QUETTA (Dunya News) – Thousands of Hazara community members along with families and relatives of ten slain miners, who were shot dead in Mach area of Kachi district on Sunday, continue their sit-in on Quetta’s Western Bypass with dead bodies on the fifth consecutive day (Thursday), Dunya News reported.
Women, children and elderly persons are present in the sit-in. The protesters have vowed that their demonstration will continue until Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrival, and dialogue will now only be held with the premier.
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.