By Sajjad Shaukat Pak VT
The militants killed at least 11 coalminers in the Mach area of Balochistan on January 3, this year.
Moazzam Ali Jatoi, an official of the Levies Force said that an initial investigation revealed the attackers identified the miners as being from the Shia Hazara community and the gunmen kidnapped them for execution, leaving others unharmed.
A powerful picture, Army Chief meets the families of the 11 Hazara coal mining victims who were brutally killed in Mach- Bolan Balochistan. pic.twitter.com/G7E6bl7dR1 Nikahn Subotai (@NikSubotai) January 14, 2021
The Islamic State group Daesh-also known as ISIS claimed responsibility for the massacre.
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PM reaches Quetta as Hazara coal miners laid to rest
Late Friday night, govt negotiators managed to persuade Hazaras to call off sit in, bury coal miners
QUETTA/
ISLAMABAD:
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday reached Quetta to meet bereaved families of the Machh victims as the Hazara community buried the slain coal miners.
The prime minister left for Quetta on a special flight from the Nur Khan airbase. Federal ministers including Interior Minister Shiekh Rashid are accompanying the premier.
Upon arriving in Quetta, the premier held a high-level meeting with the Balochistan authorities including Baochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal, Balochistan Governor Amanullah Khan Yasinzai.
‘Blackmailing’ comment was intended for PDM, PM tells Hazaras
35-40 sectarian terrorists out to sow chaos, says Imran Khan while meeting families of slain colliers in Quetta
PM Imran addresses media while meeting members of Hazara community in Quetta. SCREENGRAB
QUETTA:
The prime minister has said that most of the top sectarian terrorists have been eliminated and that only 35 to 40 of them are alive and trying to stir up communal trouble in the country at the behest of their foreign paymasters.
“I assure you that we will go after these elements. We will not allow them to sow sectarian strife in our country,” Imran Khan said while speaking to a delegation of the Hazara community, including relatives of the slain coalminers, at Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University in Quetta on Saturday.
PM reaches Quetta as Hazara coal miners laid to rest
Late Friday night, govt negotiators managed to persuade Hazaras to call off sit in, bury coal miners
QUETTA/
ISLAMABAD:
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday reached Quetta to meet bereaved families of the Machh victims as the Hazara community buried the slain coal miners.
The prime minister left for Quetta on a special flight from the Nur Khan airbase. Federal ministers including Interior Minister Shiekh Rashid are accompanying the premier.
Upon arriving in Quetta, the premier held a high-level meeting with the Balochistan authorities including Baochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal, Balochistan Governor Amanullah Khan Yasinzai.