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. […]
Bamyan, Afghanistan [ March 1 – 2, 2013 ] | A fun-filled International Ski Challenge was held in Bamyan on March 1st, 2013, attended by 30 participants: 17 from Afghanistan and the rest of the participants from USA, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Norway, Slovenia, Norway, Australia, etc. On March 2nd, the Ski Challenge […]
Quetta, Pakistan [4/23/2013 ] – Coordinated string of four blasts within 90 minutes of each other in Quetta – the restive provincial capital of Balochistan province – killed 6 and left 47 injured, several reported in critical condition. Sources in Quetta believe the first three blasts were a terrorist tactic to divert the attention of […]
Quetta, Pakistan: Terrorist attack left one Hazara critically injured on Brewery Road next to Wahdat Colony in Quetta, Pakistan. Courtesy: Awaz Nasle Nau newspaper According to Hazara sources, Mohammad Bashir Hazara s/o of Shah Wali received three bullets in the neck area from unidentified terrorists. He was rushed to the CMH hospital in Quetta cantt […]
Victim is reported to be a Hazara known as Khadim Ali (Tekedar) s/o Ali Jan, resident of Hazara town, Quetta.