Strike observed in Quetta against Shia killings

QUETTA, Pakistan (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A shutter-down strike was observed in Quetta on Tuesday against Monday’s killings of seven Shia people, on the call of the Hazara Democratic Party.To avoid the occurrence of another untoward incident, a large contingent of police and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel was deployed in various parts of the city. Meanwhile, Hazara Party chief Muhammad Tahir Hazara threatened to launch a civil disobedience movement if genocide of Hazaras was not stopped.Addressing a press conference along with leaders of almost all the Hazara and Shia organisations here, Tahir Hazara said they will approach the United Nations and other human rights groups if the killings were not stopped.Under an organised conspiracy, Hazaras were being targeted right under the nose of law enforcement agencies, he said. He said that since the last few months Sunni Muslims living close to Hazaras were being targeted to foment sectarian differences and conflict.Tahir Hazara urged the political forces and members of the civil society to break their silence over the killings of Hazaras, adding that rulers must take practical steps to put a stop to the attacks.  /129