Tag: Hazara killings
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Hazaras face yet another tragedy
Imagine the pain of those families who not just lost their loved ones to a gruesome terrorist attack but also kept waiting for the state to show empathy towards them. 11 Hazara coal miners were target killed in Balochistan last week. Their families staged a protest in the freezing cold of Quetta for a week…
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PM reaches Quetta after burial of slain Hazara miners
After a week-long protest by the Hazara community in the freezing cold of Quetta, Prime Minister Imran Khan has arrived in the provincial capital to meet the families of the slain Hazara coal miners. The Hazaras blocked a highway in Quetta and refused to bury their dead after gunmen kidnapped 11 miners in Mach region…
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Hazaras agree to call off protests, bury bodies after PM, COAS promise to visit families
The week-long protests across Pakistan, especially Quetta, in the wake of the killing of Hazara coal miners in Mach have been called off following the successful negotiations between the government and families of the slain miners. Federal Minister Ali Zaidi and National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri said that the government has agreed to accept…
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‘They need your shoulder to cry on’: Momina Mustehsan requests PM Imran to visit Machh mourners
Pakistani singer, Momina Mustehsan has requested Prime Minister Imran Khan to visit Machh mourners. In a tweet addressed to PM Imran, the Baari singer wrote: “The nation mourns in solidarity with our Hazara kin.” “It is crucial to show solidarity at this hour – regardless of conspiracies, those responsible and those trying to politicize,” said…
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PM thinks Hazara community is blackmailing him by not burying loved ones
Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again asked the Hazara protesters to bury the dead bodies of the coal miners killed in the Mach attack. Speaking at a ceremony in Islamabad, Imran urged the protesters not to “blackmail the premier” because “anyone will be able to blackmail the PM then”, including the Pakistan Democratic Movement.…
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PM meets Ertuğrul founding team while Mach victim families still wait for him
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has come under criticism for meeting the founding team of hit Turkish drama series ‘Diriliş: Ertuğrul’ days after the Mach massacre, victim families of which await him even after the passage of five days. Earlier, thousands of protesters blocked Quetta’s key western bypass on Sunday after 11 coalminers belonging to…
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Bilawal, Maryam to visit families of slain Hazara miners
The opposition leadership, including Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz, will visit the families of the Hazara coal miners who were killed in a sectarian attack in Mach, Balochistan, last week. The families of the slain miners are protesting for the past five days against…
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Hamza Ali Abbasi condemns Hazara killings
Hamza Ali Abbasi has expressed his sorrow and grief over the horrific attack that took place on Sunday in Balochistan’s Bolan district and left 11 coal miners belonging to the Shia Hazara community dead. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack. “The horrifying tragedy inflicted by a few evil men on the Hazara community…
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Another old tweet comes to haunt Imran as 11 Hazara miners killed
After an attack by the Islamic State in Mach, a town in Bolan district of Balochistan, left 11 Hazara coalminers dead on Sunday, another tweet from the past has come back to haunt Prime Minister Imran Khan. In 2013, Imran had reacted to the Hazara killings by the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi by holding the state responsible for…