–Thousands attend funeral prayers of JUI-F central leader Maulana Hanif
QUETTA: On the call of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman, the businesses and market places in Balochistan observed a shutter down strike to protest the death of Maulana Muhammad Hanif in the Chaman blast.
As per details, all the business sectors and public transport in the province remained closed.
At least three people, including a leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), were killed and more than a dozen others injured in an explosion that rocked Chaman in Balochistan’s Qilla Abdullah district on Saturday.
According to police, the bomb was an improvised explosive device (IED) which was planted in a motorcycle parked on the roadside.
Thousands attended the funeral prayers for the slain JUI-F leader today, including provincial leaders ameer of JUI-F’s Balochistan chapter Maulana Abdul Wasay, Senator Usman Khan Kakar, provincial president of Awami National Party Asghar Khan Achakzai and MNA Salahuddin Ayubi. Commandant of the Frontier Corps Chaman Scouts wing Col Khurram Javed, Chaman Deputy Commissioner Bashir Khan and District Police Officer Shaukat Mohammad also participated in the funeral prayers.
DC Khan said that the suspects would be arrested, adding that all security agencies were on high alert in order to maintain the law and order situation.
The shutter-down strike was observed in Chaman as well as in other parts of Balochistan, including Quetta, Pishin, Hub, Sibi, Noshki and Harnai district. All main shopping centres remained closed in Quetta in response to a call for shutdown given by JUI-F Balochistan and traders’ organisations.