{"id":1046,"date":"2015-06-10T03:22:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T03:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/1046-pakistani-citizens-take-to-the-streets-to-condemn-violence-against-shias\/"},"modified":"2015-06-10T03:22:29","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T03:22:29","slug":"pakistani-citizens-take-to-the-streets-to-condemn-violence-against-shias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/1046-pakistani-citizens-take-to-the-streets-to-condemn-violence-against-shias\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani citizens take to the streets to condemn violence against Shias"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 14.4pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;\">Pakistan&#8217;s Southwestern city of Quetta was the scene of massive popular demonstration of a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;\">new waves of violence<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 14.4pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 14.4pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 14.4pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Pakistan&#8217;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\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">The strike was called by the civil and human rights groups to protest the unabated killings of Shia Muslim in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">The strike comes a day after heavily-armed militants shot dead at least five members of Shia Hazara community in the volatile city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Also on late<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"aqj\">Sunday<\/span>, hundreds of Shiite Hazara people and activists poured onto the streets of Quetta to denounce the killings by pro-Taliban terrorist groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; 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