Pakistani Hazara families refuse to bury Mach massacre victims

Quetta [Pakistan], January 5 : Pakistani Hazara families of the victims, who were killed by unidentified men at the Mach coalfield, refused to bury their loved ones and continued their sit-in on the western bypass of Balochistan with the victims' bodies demanding the Balochistan government to either arrest the killers or resign.
"No male member is alive in our family who could bury my elder brother and four other relatives," Dawn quoted Masooma Yaqoob Ali, a student of the third year who lost five members of her family in the tragedy.
Among her five siblings, her brother was the only son of her parents and the sole breadwinner of the family, Yaqoob Ali added.
"We have staged a sit-in for the protection of the Hazara people who have been facing such killings since long and have become fed up with the situation," Dawn quoted Syed Agha Raza, Balochistan Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) President.
The bodies would not be buried until demands of the community are not fulfilled, Agha Raza said.
Demanding the government's resignation, Agha Raza said the Balochistan government had repeatedly failed to protect the people of the Hazara community.
"We will continue the sit-in till the resignation of the provincial government," Agha Raza said, adding that a judicial commission comprising retired and sitting judges of the apex court should be appointed for conducting a judicial inquiry into the incident.
On Sunday, 11 coal miners were killed, while four others were seriously injured after unidentified men opened fire on them at the Mach coal field here.
As per the Geo News, police said the armed men took the coal miners to nearby mountains and opened fire. Eleven were confirmed dead by police while others injured were reported to be in critical condition.