A late-night candlelight march was conducted in Srinagar on Friday to protest the recent targeted killing of seven Shia school teachers in Pakistan. The furious protestors at Srinagar’s Alamgari Bazar, Zadibal area put the blame on the Pakistan government for the killings and said that the country has been umable to stop these targeted killings.During a press conference held on Friday, Jamiat Ulema Isna Asharia Kargil (JUAIK) Ladakh condemned the attack on Shia minorities in Pakistan and urged authorities to take action against perpetrators.
Unidentified gunmen had shot the teachers in the staffroom of Government High School Tari Mangal.In another incident in the Parachinar region of Upper Kurram, a school teacher was killed while he was travelling in a car on Shalozan Road.