| GEO Pakistan | | Quetta mourns with shutter-down strike | Updated at: 1143 PST, Saturday, April 17, 2010
 QUETTA: Quetta is observing the shutter-down strike on call from trade organizations in the city in the wake of bomb blast and firing incidents at Civil Hospital yesterday, Geo News reported Saturday.
The entire city looks draped in mourning air with all educational institutions including Balochistan University closed.
The blast killed at least 11 people including two DSPs and a cameraman of a private news channel and injured 35 others.
The Anjuman Tajiran Balochistan gave a call of shutter-down strike against this mishap and other incidents of target killings in the province.
Pashtoonkhaw Mili Awami Party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) and other religious and political parties also announced to support the strike call.
All the shops and commercial centers are closed with thin traffic on roads. |  |
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