Hazara community bury their loved ones on Saturday (today) after nearly a week long protest against Machh incident.
Funeral prayers were offered for the slain coalminers followed by their burial at the Hazara Town cemetary, Quetta.
Allama Raja Nasir Abbas led the funeral prayers which were also attended by National Assembly Qasim Suri Deputy Speaker, Special Assistant to the PM Zulfi Bukhari, Federal Minister Ali Zaidi, Balochistan Interior Minister Mir Ziaullah Langau, provincial minister Mir Arif Jan Mohammad and other government officials.
The development comes as earlier, victims’ families and government reached an agreement at late hours of Friday night, calling off protests and sit-ins across Pakistan against Machh incident.
At least 11 coal miners were killed in the Mach area of Balochistan on Sunday after armed militants kidnapped them and took them to a nearby area before opening fire at close range.
The Hazara community had been protesting for six days in Quetta over the brutal murder of 10 coalminers in Balochistan’s Machh town last Saturday.
In solidarity with the Hazaras, protests and sit-ins were also being held in various towns and cities across the country, including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar.
