Ali Hamza
QUETTA: Thousands of people, including senior political leaders, provincial ministers, government officials and members of the public, attended the collective funeral prayers for police personnel martyred in the recent terrorist attack in the Mangi area of Ziarat district. The funeral was held at the football ground of Ayub Stadium in Quetta on Saturday.
The funeral prayers were attended by Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Mahmood Khan Achakzai, MNA Khushal Khan Kakar, Senator Manzoor Khan Kakar, Balochistan Home Minister Mir Ziaullah Langove, Provincial Ministers Mir Asim Kurd Gello and Bakht Muhammad Kakar, National Party Secretary General Mir Kabir Ahmed Muhammad Shahi, BNP leader Sajid Tareen, ANP Balochistan President Asghar Khan Achakzai, PTI Balochistan President Daud Shah Kakar, Hazara Democratic Party leader Qadir Ali Nael, BNP leader Mir Akhtar Hussain Langove, Quetta Commissioner Shahezeb Kakar, Malik Majid Kakar, and leaders and workers of various political parties.
Thousands of mourners joined the funeral prayers, offering condolences to the bereaved families and praying for the eternal peace of the martyrs. Participants also expressed solidarity with the families and paid tribute to the sacrifices made by the police personnel in the line of duty.
Following the funeral prayers, the bodies of the martyrs were transported to their native towns, where they were laid to rest with full official honours.
Earlier, the bodies were shifted from the protest site at Quetta’s Coal Phatak to Ayub Stadium after a protest sit-in was called off following successful negotiations between the Balochistan government, the families of the martyred policemen and representatives of political parties. The talks ended the days-long protest over the killing of the police personnel in the Ziarat terrorist attack.
The attack in the Mangi area of Ziarat has drawn widespread condemnation across Pakistan, with political leaders renewing calls for justice for the victims and stronger measures to eliminate terrorism in Balochistan.
