Kargil protest for second day against Karachi target killing

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Thousands of people in Kargil took to road for the second day to protest against the brutal terrorist attack at a Mosque in Karachi Pakistan on Friday prayers.

A same protest was also organised in Kargil city by Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust Kargil, while the today protest was organised by Islamia School Kargil (ISK).

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Protestors chanting slogan against America, Israel and Pakistan government.

The protestors chanted slogan against the arrogant powers and strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the Karachi Mosque.

Down with America

Down with Israel

Down with Pakistan government

The protestors shouted.

Many prominent personalities like Murtaza Khalili, Sheikh Jawad and ,many others addressed the gathering.

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Protestors chanting slogan against America, Israel and Pakistan government.

This is the second attack on a Shia Muslim mosque in Pakistan this month. On January 10, many were killed and injured following a blast in a mosque in Chittian Hattian in Rawalpindi, in Punjab province.

Attacks on Shia Muslims are common in Karachi but are fairly new in the interior of Sindh Province. The Friday incident is reportedly the fifth attack of a sectarian nature in the province’s interior since 2010.

More than 800 Shias have been killed in attacks since the beginning of 2012.

Shia Muslims in Pakistan have started a three-day mourning period and staged sit-ins and strikes to commemorate the victims of a deadly bomb attack on a mosque in the southern province of Sindh.

Most of the victims were being buried on Saturday in Sindh, where the provincial government has declared a high security alert.

People shut down their shops in parts of the province as Shia Muslims called for three days of peaceful protests.

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Shia Muslims in Pakistan say the government must prevent the killing of their community members.

Hours after the mosque bombing, large crowds of Pakistani people, including members of civil society and peace activists, poured onto the streets of Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi to voice their outrage over the massacre.

Similar rallies were held in other Pakistani cities, including the capital, Islamabad, Lahore, and Quetta.

The angry demonstrators chanted anti-government slogans and demanded the arrest of those behind the incident. The protesters also demanded that the Pakistani government take decisive action against the forces involved in the targeted killings, saying that Islamabad cannot provide security for the Shia Muslim community.

The demonstrators also accused some Arab monarchies across the Persian Gulf of supporting and funding militant groups operating in Pakistan.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, but pro-Taliban militants usually take responsibility for similar attacks in the violence-wracked country.

This is also the latest deadly incident in a wave of violence against the Shia Muslim community in Pakistan.

Shias make up about a third of Pakistan’s population of over 180 million.

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