Cockroach Janta Party sparks political curiosity, unease in opposition ranksOpposition parties are watching the rise of the online Cockroach Janta Party. They suspect an unseen hand is behind its social media popula...
Pakistan: In a first, Baloch fighters launch sea attack, three Coast Guard personnel killed near Iran border, GwadarThree Pakistan Coast Guard personnel were killed in an attack by Baloch fighters on a patrol boat near the Pakistan-Iran border. This marks...
2 Hazara minority community members killed in Pakistan's BalochistanTwo Hazara men were killed in Quetta, Balochistan. Unidentified gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on their vehicle. Three others were injur...
Afghanistan classroom bombing death toll jumps to 43: UNA suicide bomber blew himself up next to women at a gender-segregated study hall in a Kabul neighbourhood on Friday, home to the historical...
Six killed in blasts at Shiite school in Afghan capitalThe school is located in the capital's western neighbourhood of Dasht-e-Barchi, an area mainly inhabited by the Hazara community and previo...
Despite mistrust, Afghan Shiites seek Taliban protectionIt was a sign of the strange, new relationship brought by the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August. The Taliban, Sunni hard-liners w...
Afghanistan's Shia leaders meet former president Hamid Karzai demanding representation in governmentOn September 9, Karzai tweeted that he had held consultations with Afghanistan’s Shia Ulema Council to discuss ways of ensuring lasting pea...
Shias demand share in Kabul's power structureThe Shia Ulema Council has urged the Taliban to ensure that they will treat all faiths and ethnicities with equality and justice. The Counc...
Hazaras fear for the future as foreign troops exit AfghanistanAfghan security forces are struggling to hold off an increasingly powerful Taliban as international troops withdraw from the county, with p...
Hazara killings highlight plight of Shia community in PakistanThe United Nations General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir too condemned the terrorist attack on Hazaras people and extended condolences t...
11 coal miners from Pakistan's minority Shia Hazara community shot dead in BalochistanAccording to media reports, an initial investigation has revealed that the attackers identified the miners as being from a Shia Hazara comm...
21 killed, 50 injured in suicide attack in PakistanAt least 50 people were wounded in the blast in the southwestern city of Quetta, capital of Baluchistan province, officials said.
LeJ Balochistan chief, two suicide bombers killed in Pak military operationThe security forces carried out an operation on the outskirts of Quetta after receiving information that suicide bombers and terrorists wer...
Gunmen kill 4 in sectarian violence in Pakistan's Baluchistan provinceFour persons,including three minority Shia Muslims,were killed in a firing incident of sectarian violence that broke out in Pakistan's Balu...
UK to deport Pakistan minority rights activist Liaquat Ali HazaraLiaquat Ali Hazara, 36, is a campaigner for persecuted minorities in Pakistan, including the Hazaras, the Shia group to which he belongs.
Over 300,000 fled violence-hit Balochistan: Pakistan rights bodyThose fleeing the militancy-plagued region include minorities like Shias and Hindus as well as ethnic Hazaras, Punjabis and Urdu-speaking p...
- 13 killed in attack on Shia Muslims in Pakistan
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group on Tuesday stormed a bus carrying members from the minority community, gunning down at least 13 of them.