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February 19th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Islamabad on Monday, Khan also denounced the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) – the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the deadly attack in Quetta – and demanded that Pakistan’s government do more to protect Shia Muslims in the country.
Khan, who is the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice or PTI), asked the government to give compensation to the families of those who were killed in the blast.
The Pakistani cricket legend-turned-politician also said the members of his party will hold a nationwide demonstration to protest against the unabated killings of Shia Muslims in Pakistan and to express solidarity with the Hazara community.
The bomb attack was carried out at the crowded vegetable market in the town of Hazara, on the outskirts of Quetta in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province, on February 16, killing over 80 people and wounding about 200 others.
Violence has escalated against Shia Muslims in different parts of Pakistan in recent months. Since the beginning of 2012, hundreds of Shias have been killed in the country. The attacks have targeted many doctors, engineers, high-ranking government officials, teachers, and politicians, but also ordinary citizens as well.
On January 10, nearly 130 people were killed and many others injured in a wave of deadly bomb attacks targeting both Pakistani security guards and civilians in Quetta.
The bombing triggered protests in condemnation of violence against Shias in Pakistan. The protesters said the Pakistani government had failed to take proper action to prevent terror attacks on the Shia Muslim community.
Shias make up about 20 percent of Pakistan’s population of over 180 million.
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