Machh incident: Funeral prayers of massacred coal miners offered today

Funeral Prayers of the martyred of the Machh Incident have been offered at Hazara graveyard in Quetta on Saturday (today).

As per the details, Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari, Federal Minister, Ali Zaidi, Provincial

Ministers and leaders of different political parties and a large number of people attended the funeral prayers. The victims will be buried soon.

Deputy Commission stated that the Afghan citizens among the slain coal miners will be buried in Quetta as well. It also said that relatives of the Hazara victims agreed to bury them in Quetta, whereas, Afghan consulate has been informed about the development.

According to derails, the dead bodies of the coal miners have been taken to Hazara Town from the Western Bypass and will be buried after funeral prayers which will be held at 10:00 am.

The heirs of the martyrs of the Mach massacre have decided to bury dead bodies of the deceased ones after negotiations with the Balochistan government went successful.

As per the details, Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi announced the decision while addressing the participants of a sit-in in Quetta.

Zaidi assured the Hazara community that the terrorists behind the Mach tragic incident would not be spared at any cost. He added that all demands of the Hazara community have been accepted by the government.

“Balochistan government will provide jobs to the heirs of the martyrs,” said Zaidi.

Apart from that, he further said that a committee headed by Provincial Home Minister has been constituted to monitor the progress on execution of demands of the Hazara community.