Sit-ins held in several cities over Quetta carnage
People in Karachi shout slogans as they react against Saturday’s bomb attack in Quetta, Feb 17, 2013. — Photo by AFP
KARACHI: Demonstrations were held in different cities of the country including Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Monday on the call of the Shia Ulema Council over the deadly bombing in Quetta that claimed at least 84 lives, DawnNews reported.
Traders in Karachi had announced a shut-down until 4:30 om whereas the protestors continued their sit-ins.
Shops and markets were earlier shut down in parts of Karachi and traffic was scarce. Furthermore, a number of government and private educational institutions were also closed and the strike was also affecting the schedule of the flights and trains to and from the city.
Women and children were also partaking in the sit-ins being held at the city’s M A Jinnah road’s Numaish chowrangi, Aisha Manzil, Ancholi, Shahrah-i-Pakistan and Shahrah-i-Faisal.
Moreover, flight schedules were also being affected as the patch between Drigh Road and the airport was sealed. A sit-in was also staged on the railway track in Malir Town which had led to affecting the schedule of trains traveling to and from the city.
The protesters and participants of the sit-ins say they would continue to demonstrate until the demands of the heirs of those killed and wounded in the bombing are not met.
The Pakistan Bar Council, Sindh High Court Bar Association, Karachi Bar Association and Malir Bar Association boycotted court proceedings to protest against the killings of innocent citizens in Quetta.
Some enraged protestors in Islamabad engaged in rioting near the Faizabad bridge injuring several media persons including a camera man of DawnNews.
The routes to Islamabad airport were also blocked by the protestors.
Similarly the activists of the Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) held protests outside the Governor’s house in Lahore. Lawyers belonging to the Lahore Bar Association had announced a boycott of court proceeding over the Saturday’s carnage in Quetta.
Earlier on Sunday, demonstrations and sit-ins were held in most several and towns across the country. There were calls for handing over Quetta to the army to protect the life and property of the people, particularly of the Hazara Shia community.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
Malcolm X
A great Muslim American Scholar
Thousands of people have died so far and on every incident, same bullshit happens. People have lost their loved ones and continuously losing them on everyday basis but nothing has been done seriously so protect people from terrorists. If not then soon people will themselves realize that what needs to be done. A natural phenomenon!
Why government has closed down all TV transmissions except their own state controlled PTV? A revolution is truly required because nothing seems to be the true solution except to eliminate the terrorists from this earth. It has been done through out the history that people have protected themselves.
sari protest sirf Karachi main kyun hoti hain .. Islamabad ya quetta main honi chaeyay thee protest !!
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Is there any end to this madness? What is wrong with us? We need some serious soul searching…. In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.
Let us ask for Fed government resignation retroacively. This nation has to rise up to protect its citizery and make sure to show people-power with a total discipline that’s the beauty of democracy
Utter Chaos!
These acts of terrorism are really shameful, bad name to Muslims & basic principles of Islam, Humanity. I condemn strongly and beg my Almighty Allah to give right thinking to these peoples.
This is now an interesting situation and one for which our Honorable CJ is directly responsible.So i suggest the biggest sit in should be in front of his office.As he is the one who wants all the missing persons to be recovered in the absence of anti terror laws in line with those of USA and UK we have yet to punish any single terrorist so what can the intelligence agencies do ? they can only resort to such means and when the CJ started calling and ridiculing the heads of these agencies on daily basis they stopped doing their jobs, just two days before the same honorable CJ had ordered civilian rule to be re enacted in Quetta and that FC and other law enforcement agencies were on call only may be he knew of this impending bombing and wanted to felicitate them.Yes some of you would say i am crazy but just for a moment just think and try to remember one single conviction of any high profile case which got convicted by our honorable CJ.Lot of Suo Moto`s lot of media hype but net result is always zero Gilani being the one exception. Malik Ishaq has been set free by the same CJ to roam free make hate speeches and to plan and kill innocent women children and men.
Its time we have to wake up and stop watching these media mongers and take things in our won hands as the President is only interested in making more money the PML N is waiting for its turn to loot and plunder the CJ is interested in Media Hype and the Army chief is just happy with the extension and his brothers business being expanded courtesy Zardari so God help us !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why Karachi? Hazaras were targeted in Quetta. Life is normal in Quetta today but Karachi has come to a standstill… Karachiites are not given the freedom to move today…