Life in Quetta returns to normalcy as Shiites end protest

Hours after the government imposed governor rule and dismissed chief minister, Nawabzada Aslam Raisani, members of Shia community ended their four days of protest for deployment of troops and also buried those killed the string of the Thursday’s bomb attacks.

Over 100 people were killed and nearly 200 were injured in three bomb blasts in Quetta, the two caused many deaths and most victims were Shia Muslims.

The banned extremist “Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’ group had claimed responsibility.

The Shia Hazara community had started protest and had refused to bury the dead unless the government deploys troops to protect them.

The Namaz-e-Janaza of 86 victims of Quetta blasts was offered at Bahashat-e-Zainab graveyard in Quetta on Monday.

A large number of people belonging to different walks of life participated in the prayer.

The Yakjehti Council representing Hazara Community has announced to end their sit-in on Alamdar road in Quetta after Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf announced to impose Governor Rule in Balochistan.

Talking to mediapersons‚ leader of Yakjehti Council‚ Qayyum Changezi said the sit in has been ended as the Federal Government has accepted their demands.

A large number of people staged a sit in on the Alamdar Road in Quetta along with eighty-six bodies to protest against killing of members of the Hazara community in the provincial capital on Thursday last. The sit-in continued for four days.

The protest sit-in in other cities also ended after the Hazara community called off their strike in Quetta

Relatives of the victims of Quetta bombing incidents are now taking bodies for burial.
Addressing a Press conference in Quetta‚ the leaders of Yakjehti Council said bodies will be laid to rest after Zohr prayers.

As the protesters in Quetta dispersed, mourners in other parts of the country also ended protests and blocked roads were opened.

Shia community staged protest sit-in in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Parachinar, Skardu, Peshawar and several other cities.

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf flew to Quetta on Sunday to meet leaders of Shia organizations and relatives of the slain men.

After hectic consultations with Governor Balochistan Nawab Zulfiqar Magsi, military and political leaders in Quetta as well as telephonic contacts with coalition partners, the federal government decided to impose governor rule early Monday.

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