Summary Families of Quetta carnage victims have announced countrywide sit-in and agreed to bury bodies.
QUETTA (Dunya News) - Majlis Wahdat-ul- Muslimeen (MWM) General Secretary Allama Amin Shaheedi and families of Quetta blast victims announced to end protests after successful dialogues with a six-member parliamentary delegation of the government, after which the nationwide protests were called off.
The government representatives accepted most of the demands made by the sit-in participants, with the notable exception of calling in the army in Quetta. The major demand of the protestors accepted by the government was that targeted operations would be conducted with the involvement of Army personnel.
Earlier on, relatives and members of the Hazara community had refused to bury the victims of the Kirani road incident claiming that the protests would continue until Quetta was handed over to the army. However, upon appeal of the Shia Ulema, the Kirani Road protesters have now decided to call off the sit-in.
The Shia Ulema announced in a press conference that burial of the blast victims would now be held at 9 am on Wednesday (today).
At least 90 people were killed and over 170 injured in a horrific bombing in Quetta’s Hazara Town on Saturday.
