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GenocidePakistan Chief Justice’s Notice Produces Some Hope for Hazara Protections
by Maisam Iltaf and Bismellah Alizada April was a particularly grim month for the besieged ethnic Hazara community in the Pakistani city of Quetta. It began with the targeted killing of Nazar Hussein, a taxi driver in the city. At the end...
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GenocideGenocide of Hazara Community Reflects Horrific Treatment of Minorities in Pakistan
By NDT Pakistan Bureau Renowned Pak columnist Irfan Husain in his article “Hazara massacre” dated 5th May in a leading Pakistani daily has brought out the tragedy of Hazaras in its macabre details. No journalist in...
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GenocideThe frequent and brutal attacks on the Hazaras in Quetta and What the Community as still to face
By Zofeen T. Ebrahim April 22 could have been a morning like any other for 40-year old Mohammad Zaman, a Shia Hazara, and father of three, who opened his car mechanic shop anywhere between 7.30 and...
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GenocideChief Justice of Pakistan deems Hazara killings a Genocide
by Syed Ali Shah|Dawn Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday said that the Hazara killings in Balochistan are tantamount to carnage, which is why the court took a suo motu notice of...
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GenocideHazara women end hunger strike against targeted killings after Pakistan army chief agrees to talks
By Anushe Noor Faheem A hunger strike of Hazara women led by Jalila Haidar, a prominent lawyer and human rights activist who comes from the Hazara minority of Pakistan, successfully pressured the country’s army chief to speak...
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GenocideHazara Massacre in Quetta
by Irfan Husain I RECENTLY received an email from a reader that made me ashamed for not having written earlier about the Hazara ethnic/sectarian cleansing taking place in Balochistan. The young Hazara woman writes: “… in...
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GenocideThe woes of Hazara community in Pakistan
CHIEF Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has taken suo motu notice of targeted killing of members of the Hazara community in Balochistan and fixed the case for hearing on May 11 in Quetta....
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GenocideCanada must call out Afghanistan’s poor human rights record, seek justice for persecuted minority Hazaras
A suicide bombing that killed the relatives of an Ottawa man in Afghanistan highlights the ripple effects of the ongoing persecution of ethnic Hazaras in the war-torn nation. Right, Ottawa-based Yasir Mehrzad and family at...
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GenocidePakistan’s Hazara Community Under Attack
by: Saroop Ijaz | Human Rights Watch Unidentified assailants killed shopkeepers Jaffar and Muhammad Ali on Saturday in Quetta, Pakistan, apparently because they belonged to the Hazara community. This was the fourth attack this April...
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GenocideEnd Hazara killings
by Daily Times A genocide has been underway in this country of Shia Hazara community. Dozens have been killed, and countless displaced from their homes, forced into exile to ensure their safety. Our state institutions have...
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