Terror bid foiled in Quetta; police seizes explosive-laden rickshaw

Terror bid foiled in Quetta; police seizes explosive-laden rickshaw

Quetta, Aug 5, 2013 – Deputy Inspector General Police Operations, Fayyaz Sumbal, claimed his police force have foiled a terror bid in Quetta after “spotting” an explosive-laden rickshaw while on routine patrol. According to Daily Qudrat News, police bomb squad seized and disabled 150 kg of explosives based on an anonymous tip. Source: Dawn News – […]

Hazara town residents shoot down would be suicide bomber in Quetta

Hazara town residents shoot down would be suicide bomber in Quetta

Quetta – July 27, 2013 | Hazara town residents shoot down would be suicide bomber in Quetta averting another major disaster. The bomber managed to get pass multiple security check posts when volunteers on security patrol challenged him before shooting him dead.     Photo: Suicide vest   According to police sources, the bomber was armed […]

Bloodbath continues: two more Hazaras gunned down in Quetta, Pakistan

Bloodbath continues: two more Hazaras gunned down in Quetta, Pakistan

Quetta – July 22, 2013 – According to sources, AlQaeda affiliated Jaish-ul-Islam terrorists riding on motorcyle(s) fired indiscriminately on a Hazara-owned Yellow Cab on the busiest Shara-e-Iqbal (Qandhari Bazar) killing two Hazaras and injuring three others.  Jaish-ul-Islam terrorists are believed to be same as LEJ. The motive is to create confusion and to show themselves much bigger in […]

Australian story: stranger on the shore

Australian story: stranger on the shore

ABC News Australia – 07/16/2013 | ‘I think she was sent to this planet to challenge me’ Jillian Symons, mother This week’s program tells the story of a young woman unsettling her middle class Melbourne family by going out on a limb to ‘adopt’ a fourteen year old Afghan asylum seeker. Jaffar Ali arrived in […]

Four more Hazara men killed in Quetta Pakistan

Four more Hazara men killed in Quetta Pakistan

Developing Story – Updated: July 16, 2013 | AlQaeda affiliated terrorists killed 4 more unarmed Hazara civilians while injuring two others in Quetta, Pakistan. According to sources, 4 terrorists riding on motor cycles opened fire on a black SUV killing 4 Hazara occupants while wounding 2 others. The incident happened on a very busy Masjid […]

Balochistan Dept Health Section Officer Janat Ali Hazara goes missing

Balochistan Dept Health Section Officer Janat Ali Hazara goes missing

Quetta – July 4, 2013 | A senior Hazara officer of the Balochistan Government has been reported missing, feared kidnapped from the most secured “red zone” in Quetta city on Thursday, July 4, 2013. According to sources, Department of Health’s section officer, Janat Ali Hazara, left home for his office in Civil Secretariat but never reported and […]

Kalsoom Hazara – Martial Arts Champion

Kalsoom Hazara – Martial Arts Champion

Quetta – June 27, 2013 |   A few years ago, Martial Arts was solely a male dominated sports and the mere thought of a girl playing Martial Arts in the conservative Quetta city (and for that matter anywhere in Pakistan) was frowned upon. In Quetta, the Hazara girls are now challenging that notion by […]

Afghan Hazara, Ali Ahmed Jafari, dies of systemic negligence in Australian detention

Afghan Hazara, Ali Ahmed Jafari, dies of systemic negligence in Australian detention

Last Updated: June 21, 2013 | Purpose of this page is to bring various reports together concerning the death of Afghan Hazara, Ali Ahmed Jafari (23 or 26), at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre (Sydney West) set by the Australian Government. According to reports, Ali Jafari, complained of chest pain with his roommate, who then alerted […]