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...
16 Nov, 2021, 12.39 PM IST
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...
14 Sep, 2021, 08.21 AM IST
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...
26 Aug, 2021, 09.59 AM IST
India advises Turkey to implement its UN resolutions before preaching othersIndia was exercising its Right of Reply in response to the statement by representative of Pakistan during the High-Level Segment at the cur...
24 Feb, 2021, 10.43 PM IST
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...
03 Feb, 2021, 03.38 PM IST
Pakistani Shiites end protests, hold funeral for 11 minersPrime Minister Imran Khan arrived Saturday afternoon in Quetta and was expected to meet with a delegation of mourners and Shiite leaders, a...
09 Jan, 2021, 08.51 PM IST
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...
06 Jan, 2021, 11.55 PM IST
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...
03 Jan, 2021, 05.08 PM IST
India slams Pak for raising Kashmir at UNHRC, asks it to 'introspect' its grave human rights situationDrawing the attention of the Council to crimes against humanity in Pakistan, New Delhi stated that enforced disappearances, state violence,...
16 Jun, 2020, 08.59 AM IST
Religious persecution remains a silent feature of Pakistan: Rights activistTestifying before a Congressional hearing on human rights situation in South Asia, Fatima Gul, Sindhi-American human rights activist, said ...
23 Oct, 2019, 11.53 AM IST
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.
12 Apr, 2019, 04.41 PM IST
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...
17 May, 2018, 03.46 PM IST
Pakistan police say kill leader of banned sectarian groupPakistani police killed the leader of the sectarian militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, his two sons and 11 others on Wednesday in a shootout.
29 Jul, 2015, 12.35 PM IST
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...
26 May, 2015, 12.44 PM IST
69 killed, 200 injured in blast in southwest PakistanThe blast occurred at Kirani Road in Hazara Town, a suburb of Quetta with a large Shia population that has been targeted by terrorists in t...
17 Feb, 2013, 02.02 AM IST
Pakistan PM Raja Pervez Ashraf sacks Balochistan govt, imposes Governor's ruleThree bomb attacks in the city on Thursday turned out to be the catalyst for the imposition of Governor's rule.
14 Jan, 2013, 01.36 PM IST
- 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.
05 Oct, 2011, 03.58 AM IST