Hundreds of Pakistani people have taken to the streets in the southern city of Karachi to protest against the killings of Shia Muslims in instances of violence across the country, Press TV reports.
The protests come after heavily-armed militants dragged 20 Shia Muslim travelers off a bus and killed them at point blank range in northern Pakistan on Thursday. Several others were injured during the attack. The victims were going from Rawalpindi to Gilgit -- a heavily-Shia-populated area.
Meanwhile, at least three more Shia Muslims were killed by gunmen in the city of Quetta in the southwestern Pakistan province of Balochistan.
Hundreds of Shia Muslims have been killed in various parts of the violence-hit country over the past few months.
The incidents of violence forced the government to deploy troops and impose a curfew in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region some months ago.
Activists have urged the Pakistani government to represent the will of the people by arresting those involved in the recent instances of bloodshed and ending the curfew in the region.
The country's Shia leaders have also called on the government to form a judicial commission to investigate the crimes.
The killings of Shias have caused international outrage, with rights groups and regional countries, including Iran, expressing concern over the ongoing bloodshed.
Protests against the ongoing killings have been held in countries across the world, including the US, the UK, and Canada.
Thousands of Pakistanis have lost their lives in bombings and other militant attacks since 2001 when Pakistan joined an alliance with the US in Washington’s so-called war on terror.
Thousands more have been displaced by the wave of violence and militancy sweeping the country.
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