Pakistani Shias refuse to bury their dead as they demand better protection They said they would not bury their dead until their demands were met as they sat among coffins. "The protest will continue until Quetta is handed to the army," said Hashim Mousavi, one of the organisers from the Shia Wahdatul Muslimeen party. The government is either incapable of bringing the situation under control or does not want to do anything. In another attack in the city, a bomb exploded beneath a vehicle used by security forces, killing 11. And 22 people died in an attack on a religious gathering in the north-western area of Swat, from where the Taliban were repelled in 2009. The attacks in Quetta against the Shia Hazara community brought instant condemnation and withering criticism of the failure of the government to stem the killings. "If the government has any trepidation about its failure to stem the horrific spike in sectarian killings or the utter absence of its own writ, it has certainly done a good job hiding that," said the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Police officers in Quetta said Thursday's attack was carried out in two phases. A suicide bomber began the attack, detonating his explosives inside the snooker hall. Ten minutes later, as rescue workers and journalists flooded the scene, a car bomb exploded, causing the building to collapse. William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, said: "The United Kingdom strongly condemns these senseless attacks and the persecution of the Shia population. It was a tragic day for Pakistan. Talat Masood, an analyst in Islamabad, said the unrest would make it difficult to hold elections in the spring, as scheduled. It will be very problematic to hold elections. People will be reluctant to go to the polls and political parties will have problems in organising public rallies and corner meetings," he said.