Pakistani citizens take to the streets to condemn violence against Shias

Pakistan’s Southwestern city of Quetta was the scene of massive popular demonstration of a new waves of violence

Pakistan’s Southwestern city of Quetta was the scene of massive popular demonstration and strike to condemn new waves of violence against the civilians, particularly the Shia’s.

According to reports, almost all businesses and institutions, including government offices and schools, remained closed, and traffic stayed off the streets across Quetta, the provincial capital of Baluchistan Province.

The strike was called by the civil and human rights groups to protest the unabated killings of Shia Muslim in the region.

The strike comes a day after heavily-armed militants shot dead at least five members of Shia Hazara community in the volatile city.

Also on late Sunday, hundreds of Shiite Hazara people and activists poured onto the streets of Quetta to denounce the killings by pro-Taliban terrorist groups.

Several incidents of targeted killing of Shia Muslims have been reported in Quetta over the past two weeks.

The protest rallies have been held in several cities including Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Quetta and Multan.