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| Quetta shut after bus bombing |
| 2012-06-30 |
| QUETTA: A shutter-down strike was observed in the city on Friday against the suicide attack on a bus in Hazar Ganji a day earlier, as the death toll from the bombing rose to 15. The call for a strike had been given by the Hazara Democratic Party with the support of Tahfuz-e-Izadari Council, Tehreek Nifaz-i-Jaffaria, Balochistan Shia Conference, trader unions and other major political parties. All business centres within the commercial district of Quetta remained closed. Traffic was thin on roads as people preferred to stay indoors. There was also a thin attendance in government offices while most of the banks also remained closed in response to the strike call. A large number of personnel from Frontier Crops (FC), police, Balochistan Constabulary (BC) and Anti-terrorist Force (ATF) were deployed in the city to thwart any untoward incident. |
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| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-06-30 06:55 |