{"id":72174,"date":"2021-01-07T13:54:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T13:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=72174"},"modified":"2021-01-09T14:29:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T14:29:09","slug":"hazaras-continue-protest-on-5th-day-refuse-to-bury-slain-miners-despite-pms-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/72174-hazaras-continue-protest-on-5th-day-refuse-to-bury-slain-miners-despite-pms-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazaras continue protest on 5th day, refuse to bury slain miners despite PM&#8217;s request"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-07_17-50-09-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-07_17-50-09-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-07_17-50-09-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-07_17-50-09-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-07_17-50-09-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-07_17-50-09.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Prime Minister Imran Khan&#8217;s request to move ahead with the final rites of the slain miners and an assurance that he would visit them &#8220;very soon&#8221;, Balochistan&#8217;s Shia Hazara community continued to protest for a fifth straight day on Thursday, refusing to bury those who were brutally killed over the weekend in the province&#8217;s Mach area.<br>Sources told Dawn that the prime minister has decided to visit Quetta &#8220;soon&#8221; to express solidarity with the members of the community but the date and time of his visit are &#8220;being kept secret due to security concerns&#8221;.<br>On Sunday, armed attackers slit the throats of 11 miners in a residential compound near a mine site in Balochistan&#8217;s Mach coalfield area, filming the entire incident and later posting it online. 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