Momina Mustehsan urges PM Khan to visit Hazara protesters
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Singer Momina Mustehsan took to Twitter and urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to visit the Hazara protesters without waiting for them to bury their deceased.
âThe nation mourns and stands in solidarity with our Hazara kin,â the Baari singer tweeted. She said that the nation is aware of the Hazarasâ persecutions and is waiting for PM Khan to show his support for the victimsâ families.
People from the Shia Hazara community gather around the caskets of coal mine workers who were killed by unknown gunmen near the Machh coalfield, during a sit-in protest, in Quetta on Monday, Jan 4, 2020. AP/File
A government team and members of the Hazara community protesting in Quetta against the killing of miners in Mach reached an agreement late on Friday night after which the protesters agreed to bury the bodies of the slain miners, which lay in coffins at the protest site.
The decision was announced by a representative of the Shuhuda Action Committee, Agha Raza, at the Quetta sit-in, where Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal, federal Maritime Minister Ali Zaidi, National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri and Special Assistant to the PM on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukari were present to hold talks with the protesters.
Mourners from the Shia Hazara community carry the coffin of one of the miners, who was killed in an attack by gunmen in the mountainous Machh area, during a funeral procession at a graveyard in Quetta on Saturday. AFP
Mourners from the Shia Hazara community offer funeral prayers in front of coffins of the slain miners. AFP
Women from the Shia Hazara community mourn for coal mine workers who were killed by gunmen near the Machh coal field, prior to their funeral in Quetta on Saturday. AP
Ten coal miners from the Hazara community, who were brutally killed in an attack on January 3, were laid to rest at Quetta s Hazara Town cemetery on Saturday.
Mourners from the Shia Hazara community carry the coffin of one of the miners, who was killed in an attack by gunmen in the mountainous Machh area, during a funeral procession at a graveyard in Quetta on Saturday. AFP
Mourners from the Shia Hazara community offer funeral prayers in front of coffins of the slain miners. AFP
Women from the Shia Hazara community mourn for coal mine workers who were killed by gunmen near the Machh coal field, prior to their funeral in Quetta on Saturday. AP
Ten coal miners from the Hazara community, who were brutally killed in an attack on January 3, were laid to rest at Quetta s Hazara Town cemetery on Saturday.