It is pertinent to know that this blast took place on January 21 in a bus  making its way through the Pakistan-Iran highway in Mastung. Banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) claimed the responsibility of the attack.

The killings triggered mass protests in the country and the Hazara Community refused to bury their dead. However, they ended their two-day-long sit-in after Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar assured them of launching a targeted operation against the Mastung blast perpetrators.

The funeral prayers of the deceased were offered today. The bodies will be laid to rest in Alamdar Road area which is predominantly a Hazara neighborhood.