Baramulla Shias protest Pakistan mosque blast, raise anti-terror slogans

Story by ANI | Posted by Vidushi Gaur | Date 07-02-2026

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Members of the Shia community in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district staged a protest on the Srinagar–Baramulla National Highway in the Hanjiwera area on Friday, condemning the deadly suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad.

The demonstrators marched along the highway, raising slogans against Pakistan’s establishment and expressing solidarity with the victims of the attack, which claimed dozens of lives.

Addressing the gathering, one of the protesters said that attacks on the Shia community in Pakistan were not isolated incidents but part of a long pattern spanning over a decade. He alleged that such violence was aimed at erasing the Shia identity, adding that the community would continue to resist hatred and extremism.

Another protester clarified that slogans raised during the demonstration were not directed at the common people of Pakistan, but at its administration and governing system. He accused the Pakistani establishment of failing to address the country’s deteriorating social and economic conditions while remaining entangled in promoting violence and terrorism.

Questioning the mindset behind the attack, the protester said it was beyond comprehension how people could be killed while offering prayers inside a mosque. He described the act as a manifestation of a dangerous ideology that targets innocent worshippers, including women and children, in sacred spaces.

The protest followed the suicide bombing during Friday prayers at an Imambargah in Islamabad, which left at least 31 people dead and 169 injured, according to Pakistani authorities quoted by Dawn. The blast took place at the Khadijah-tul-Kubra Imambargah in the Tarlai area of the capital.

Following the attack, Pakistan tightened security across the country as investigations continued, Khaama Press News Agency reported. Pakistan’s Minister of State for Interior, Talal Chaudhry, said the attacker was not an Afghan national, though forensic evidence showed that he had travelled to Afghanistan multiple times.