Hazara Community Stages Protest Against Quetta Blast

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Hazara community stages protest against Quetta blast

They raised slogans against the government and said it failed to provide them the security

LAHORE- (Pakistan Point News- 13th April 2019) Scores of people from Hazara community have staged a protest demonstration in Quetta.

The protest was staged against the yesterday’s blast in Hazaganji market in which at least 20 people were killed and dozens other sustained injuries.

The participants of the agitation who were gathered at Western bypass of the provincial capital were chanting slogans against the government.

They termed the blast a planned targeting of Hazara Shia community. They said the government and security agencies were failed to provide them security.

Hundreds of people were so far killed in the incidents of violence against the Hazara since last decades.

Prime Minister Imran Khan and Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan have condemned the blast and shared grief with the families of the victims. They also sought a detailed inquiry report of the incident.

Iftikhar Alam

Iftikhar Alam Cheema is a Lahore based journalist. He writes on politics, religion, environment, culture, and art.