Hazara notables agree to end sit-in after meeting with COAS

QUETTA:  Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday held a high-level meeting with notables of Hazara community in Quetta along with top-security huddle, including Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal.As per details, the top-security huddle assured the Hazara community to employ all efforts in ensuring their security and said that law enforcement agencies have been ordered to arrest the culprits behind the recent attacks on the Hazara community.Army Chief had reviewed security situation in the provincial capital before meeting  with  the notables of Hazara  community  to  remove their reservations  who have been staging sit-in across the city against the target killing of   community members, demanding provision of protection and security.Balochistan Chief Minister Hasil Khan Bizenjo, Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor, Southern Command Commander Lieutenant General Asim Saleem Bajwa and  Inspector General Police (IGP) Moazzam Jah Ansari attended the meeting.The delegation of the Hazara community was led by Balochistan Law Minister Agha Raza and Allama Hashim. Majlis Wahadatul Muslimeen (MWM) Secretary General Allama Assadi and other members including Nasir Shah, Qayyum Changaizi, Daoud Agha, Allama Jumma Assadi were also present on the occasion.

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