As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to take its huge and tragic toll on the world’s population, it is being felt hardest by the poorest and…
6SHARES6 The faith-based killing of Shias spiked in Pakistan amidst a vile hate campaign against the community in Muharram this year. Four men were gunned…
Qaiser Abbas, who was killed during a sectarian attack in Kohat A spectre of faith-based persecution unfolds as the Shia community in Pakistan mourns the…
Asad Gokal 185SHARES185 Persecution of the Shia community in Pakistan is a well known fact. At the onset of Muharram, the community was to face…
Besides battling the pandemic, the Shia community in Pakistan has been witnessing the resurgence of an intense anti-Shia sentiment during the past few months. March:…
A month after a Pashtun Sunni teen was lynched by a mob in Hazara Town, Shia Hazara women express their fears from outside the community…
14SHARES14 A legislative bill, passed on the pretext of protecting Islam, stoked controversy in almost all quarters of the country. The fundamental flaw lies in…
For the Hazara community, not organising the Ashura procession will pave the way for further marginalisation Shiite Muslims hold religious flags as they march in Quetta.…
https://youtu.be/SSUOA41WXPQ In the early stages of Pakistan’s coronavirus outbreak, Shia Hazaras were blamed for bringing the virus from Iran. Many were racially profiled and stigmatized as carriers…
Hazaras are both an ethnic and religious minority in majority Sunni Pakistan. In Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, there are about half a million Hazara…
Hazara Shia pilgrims returning home to Pakistan after travelling to Iran were quarantined beyond the recommended 14 days for Covid-19, in poor conditions and with…
Marzia Akhlaqi Fatima, aged 40, was one of the thousand Hazara-Shia pilgrims who were quarantined at Taftan (at the Pakistan-Iran border) after returning from the…
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