Machh tragedy: Maryam Nawaz, Bilawal Bhutto to visit Quetta today
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Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Photo Courtesy: Jang Urdu
Maryam Nawaz will arrive in Quetta with senior PML-N leaders
Bilawal Bhutto will be accompanied by Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah
A delegation of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) will also leave for Quetta today
PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz along with other leaders of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) will visit Quetta today to offer condolences to the affected families of the tragic Machh incident that took place last week.
Zain Hassan Effendi, the great-grandson of Sindh Madressatul Islam (now University) founder Hassan Ali Effendi and maternal cousin of former president Asif Ali Zardari, was shot dead by five attackers inside his home. AFP/File
KARACHI: Zain Hassan Effendi, the great-grandson of Sindh Madressatul Islam (now University) founder Hassan Ali Effendi and maternal cousin of former president Asif Ali Zardari, was shot dead by five attackers inside his home near Quaid-i-Azam’s mausoleum on Wednesday.
Jamshed Quarters police claimed that Mr Effendi, a businessman in his 50s, was shot dead apparently during the robbery resistance in his home in the Cosmopolitan Society near Gurumandir.
Here are the news stories we expect to follow today (Thursday). Protests are being held across the country against the Machh massacre. Roads in Karachi remain blocked as part of the protest against the Machh massacre. The victims of the Machh massacre have not been buried yet. Their bodies are lying on the Western Bypass as their families call on Prime Minister Imran Khan to visit the protest site in Quetta and assure them that the killers will be caught. Senior opposition leaders are scheduled to go to Quetta to meet the Hazara community and express solidarity with them. Maryam Nawaz, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and senior ministers are expected to trav.