Khan Khawar- PROTEST IN KARACHI ON BOMB BLAST IN QUETTA
- 10 years ago
Protestors poured out on the streets of major cities across the nation to express solidarity with the Shia Hazaras in Quetta following a second attack within weeks on their community, which left over 80 dead.
The streets of the country’s biggest city and commercial hub Karachi wore a deserted look as Protesters blocked highways and railway tracks during the shutter-down and wheel-jam strike on Monday.
Tension escalated further when three men belonging to the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) were shot dead in the Patel Para locality Monday evening. Police said two armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on the victims.
ASWJ spokesman Maulana Akbar Farooqui claimed that the incident took place when participants of a Shia protest attacked and opened fire on a mosque, killing three of his party workers.
Following the incident, scores of people set fire to tires on the road and blocked the flow of traffic. The protesters also attacked law enforcers with petrol bombs and heavy weaponry.
Protest rallies were held in about 28 different points, including, Nazimabad, Guru Mandir, Gulshan-e-Iqbal and MA.Jinnah Road, among others.
The police also resorted to tear gas and baton-charge at some of the rallies, after clashes broke out between them and the protestors. Some eight vehicles were also set on fire. Rangers and police also claimed to have detained more than three dozen suspects.
Meanwhile, supporters also took to the streets in Thatta, Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Matiari, Benazirabad, Pannu Aqil, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kashmore, Kandhkot, Khairpur and Larkana districts.
The main metropolitan of Pakistan have become unrest for last several but people are now asking to the authorities when it will all over when they and their children get rest from all these terrors activites.
The streets of the country’s biggest city and commercial hub Karachi wore a deserted look as Protesters blocked highways and railway tracks during the shutter-down and wheel-jam strike on Monday.
Tension escalated further when three men belonging to the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) were shot dead in the Patel Para locality Monday evening. Police said two armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on the victims.
ASWJ spokesman Maulana Akbar Farooqui claimed that the incident took place when participants of a Shia protest attacked and opened fire on a mosque, killing three of his party workers.
Following the incident, scores of people set fire to tires on the road and blocked the flow of traffic. The protesters also attacked law enforcers with petrol bombs and heavy weaponry.
Protest rallies were held in about 28 different points, including, Nazimabad, Guru Mandir, Gulshan-e-Iqbal and MA.Jinnah Road, among others.
The police also resorted to tear gas and baton-charge at some of the rallies, after clashes broke out between them and the protestors. Some eight vehicles were also set on fire. Rangers and police also claimed to have detained more than three dozen suspects.
Meanwhile, supporters also took to the streets in Thatta, Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Matiari, Benazirabad, Pannu Aqil, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kashmore, Kandhkot, Khairpur and Larkana districts.
The main metropolitan of Pakistan have become unrest for last several but people are now asking to the authorities when it will all over when they and their children get rest from all these terrors activites.