Troops patrolled Quetta on Wednesday, enforcing a curfew imposed after an attack on Shi’ites killed 44 people. In another incident, 13 people died in a stampede.In the remote tribal town of Para Chinar, at least 13 Shi’ite Muslim worshippers — eight women and five children — died on Tuesday in a stampede during a ceremony to mark Ashura. Doctor Syed Amjad Hussain said the women panicked, thinking a power failure that put out the lights was an attack by Sunni Muslim militants. They tried to rush out of a two-storey building, causing a staircase to collapse. About 56 people were hurt.Nearly 140 people were wounded in Quetta. Funerals were held under military guard in a barricaded area in the city of 400,000 people, and only relatives were allowed. ‘‘In Quetta the ugly face of terrorism has reared its head once again,’’ Foreign Ministry spokesman Masood Khan said. ‘‘Our investigations will be comprehensive and thorough. We will look into all leads and try to establish who is behind these attacks,’’ Khan said. —(Reuters)
