Manend Team 
QUETTA, (MANEND NEWS): Slain coal miners have been laid to rest in
the graveyard of Hazara Town as funeral prayers of coal miners of
Hazara community have been offered in Quetta.
These coal miners were shot dead by terrorists in Machh area of
Balochistan on January 03.
National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri, Federal Minister
for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi, SAPM on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi
Bukhari, Balochistan’s provincial ministers Zia Lango, Saleem Khosa
and Mobeen Khilji offered the prayers along with a large number of
people.
Earlier on Friday night, the families and relatives of the martyred coal
miners called off their sit- in protest and agreed to bury their loved
ones after successful negotiations with the government delegation led
by Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal. Qasim Suri, Ali Haider Zaidi
and Zulfi Bukhari were other members of the Government committee.
Ali Haider Zaidi had announced the decisions taken at the meeting in
which all demands of the Hazara community were met and said the
incident was not only tragic for one community but in fact shocked the
entire nation, regardless of their sect and religion.
