Quetta – Sat, May 18, 2013 | Two Lashkar-e Jhangvi terrorists have reportedly “escaped” from Cantt police station in Quetta, Pakistan. File photo: Hudda Jail Quetta According to sources from Quetta, the terrorists are M. Umar and Mir Ahmad Cast Lehri, resident of Mastung. They were arrested under F.I.R No. 110/13 U/S 324 Q.D 186, […]
Michael Bachelard – May 17, 2013 | Note to the reader: There are between 1.5 to 2.5 million Hazaras that live in Iran. At times it is difficult to ascertain the identity of the individuals. Two more would-be asylum seekers have died on the ocean trying to get to Australia while their 46 shipmates survived […]
Election campaign of major Hazara candidates in Quetta, Pakistan – May 1, 2013 | Updated – May 12, 2013 In PB-2 seat for Provincial Assembly of Balochistan, the Election Commission of Pakistan has declared Syed Muhammad Raza (MWM) – the extreme right Shia party – a winner over the heavy Hazara favorite, Abdul Khaliq Hazara, […]
Afghanistan – May 10, 2013 | Update – July 7, 2013 Three Hazaras reportedly killed in Behsood by Taliban Kuchis – July 7 Hazara sources from Afghanistan have reported the “annual ritual” of attacks by Pashtun nomads, known as Kuchis, on the Hazara inhabited regions of Afghanistan (historically known as Hazarajat or Hazaristan). In the […]
Quetta – May 5, 2013 | According to sources from Quetta, one Hazara has been fatally shot in his shop on Circular Road next to Paradise Cenema and Siraj Complex in Quetta, Pakistan. Victim has been identified as Asad Ali (Mamai) s/o Salman Ali.
May 1, 2013| According to Hazara sources and Jang Karachi News, two Hazaras are killed and one critically wounded in a targeted attack in the SultanAbad area of Monghopir in Karachi, Pakistan. According to Jang News Karachi, two unidentified terrorists on motorcycles approached the Katarko school and knocked at the closed door. Upon opening […]
BBC World Service: Mobeen Azhar [ April 30, 2013] | For years Quetta in Pakistan has rarely been visited by foreign media organisations, as it is considered too dangerous. Now a World Service investigation has uncovered the reality of life for the city’s persecuted Hazara Shia community in what some describe as “hell on earth”. On 10 […]
ABC News Australia [April, 2013] | Next on Four Corners, we go inside Australia’s offshore refugee processing centres on Nauru and Manus Island. What you see will shock you. Protests, evidence of self-harm and testimony of suicide attempts. Last year, when two boats sank off the north coast of Australia killing over 90 men, women and […]
NYTimes: Declan Walsh [April 28, 2013] | KARACHI, Pakistan — Stranded in a dingy hotel in the heart of this port city, waiting for the smuggler’s call, Hussain felt at once trapped and poised for freedom. Behind lay his hometown, Quetta, the city in western Pakistan that has become a killing ground for Sunni sectarian death […]
NYTimes – April 28, 2103 | I did not have any intention to go abroad, but it was what I had to do. The circumstances were deteriorating day by day. In recent years, Pakistan has been plagued by sectarian violence and extremism. Especially our community has faced most terrorist attacks because of their distinct looks. […]