Fresh bomb attacks kill 2 Muslims, wound 20 in Pakistan

At least two people have been killed and 20 others injured in two separate bomb blasts in Pakistan.

A vehicle carrying Muslims was the target of a remote-controlled bomb attack in Khwar Kali area in Lower Kurram Agency, early Sunday.

On Saturday, a bomb exploded near an internet café in Quetta city of Balochistan Province. One child was killed and another person injured.

The latest violence comes as part of escalating attacks against Shia Muslims in different parts of Pakistan in recent months. Since the beginning of 2012, hundreds of Muslims have been killed in the country.

Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Pakistani Muslims have staged demonstrations across the country to condemn Thursday’s massacre in the southwestern city of Quetta.

The demonstrators remain in the streets refusing to bury the victims of recent bombings.

More than 90 Pakistanis lost their lives on Thursday in twin bomb attacks that targeted Muslims in a crowded billiard hall in Quetta.

Two other bomb attacks were carried out in Pakistan on Thursday — one in the Swat Valley and one more in Quetta — that left a total of 130 people dead and nearly 300 injured. The outlawed terrorist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the billiard hall attack .

On Saturday and Friday demonstrations were held in the cities of Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Khairpur, Multan, Muzaffarabad, and many other cities and towns across the country.

The gatherings were organized by the Imamia Student Organization (ISO), the All Pakistan Shia Action Committee (APSAC), and Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen Pakistan (MWMP).

The demonstrators shouted slogans against the government and criticized Pakistan’s security forces for failing to provide security for the country’s Muslims.

They also denounced the Saudi Arabian policy of funding extremist groups that commit acts of violence against Muslims in Pakistan.

In addition, the protesters called on the government to take immediate action against the forces involved in the sectarian killings and said more demonstrations would be staged if justice is not served.