QUETTA: A sit-in committee, which included family members of policemen martyred in a deadly terrorist attack in Ziarat, on Saturday ended its protest after reaching an agreement with the Balochistan government last night.
On July 6, 27 policemen were martyred in a terrorist attack on a police post in Balochistan’s Ziarat district. Families of the martyred personnel had been holding the sit-in at Quetta’s Koyila Phatak for 10 straight days, along with the martyrs’ bodies.
“The sit-in has been called off; bodies of seven martyrs had been shifted to their native areas in the early hours of the day; and Koyila Chowk has been opened for traffic after 10 days,” the committee announced after the agreement was reached late on Friday night.
The provincial government accepted all demands of the bereaved families. Their main demand was establishing a judicial commission for investigating the Ziarat and Hanna Urak incidents that claimed the lives of 32 policemen and civilians.
On July 5, armed men attacked the Hanna Urak Valley area on the outskirts of Quetta, killing five tribesmen, injuring eight others, and abducting 11 others.
