Pakistan has played a mysterious role in anti-Shia coalitions, killings, violation and more at an international level. Historically Saudi Arabia is known for its Anti-Shia activities. This country not only violates the rights of its Shia population, but it also fuels and funds anti-Shiism in other countries. Saudi-backed educational institutions exist all …
Read More »Parachinar: Post-Conflict Remunerations
For Shia Muslims, the Holy month of Ramadan is a month of fear and anxiety as attacks on Shia congregations are prevalent. Terror Organizations feed on already existing anti-Shia sentiment to encourage suicide bombings. On June 23rd, twin blasts went off in northwestern Pakistan. The city of Parachinar became the …
Read More »Two Killed as Attacks to Shia Community Continue in Pakistan
According to activists, “unidentified armed men opened fire and killed man and woman belonging to Shia community in south western city of Quetta.” Muhammad Ismail was one of the two victims shot while riding his motorbike, and he is also one of the many victims targeted in a wave of …
Read More »Bus Carrying Shia Ismaili Attacked in Pakistan
In an attack to a bus carrying about 70 Shia Ismaili passengers tens were killed and more than ten seriously wounded in Pakistan. Ismaili National Council, a community group that represents the Ismaili branch of Shia in Pakistan, placed the toll at least 41 killed but some sources reported up …
Read More »Gunmen Attack Bus Carrying Shia Muslims
Gunmen attacked a passenger bus carrying members of Pakistan’s Shia minority community in the city of Quetta Thursday, killing at least eight people, local officials said. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Read More »Bloody Eid in Pakistan
Shia of Pakistan had bloody Eid al-Adha as 11 Shia Muslims killed and 47 wounded in different explosions. Explosions took place in busy markets places in Hazara Town as people were shopping for Eid celebrations. Number of vihicles and shops were damaged as the result. Shia targeted killings have long …
Read More »Two explosions in Pakistan’s Balochistan kill 10 Shias
At least 10 Pakistani Shia Muslims have been killed and dozens injured in two explosions in the Balochistan, police reports. The first explosion took place in the Hazara Town area, close to a girl’s high school in the city of Quetta, leaving five Shias dead. According to police officials, at …
Read More »Suicide Attack in SW Pakistan, killing 3 and wounding 17
A suicide attacker has blown himself up in a Shia neighborhood in southwestern Pakistan, in the Hazara Town neighborhood in the city of Quetta, killing at least 3 people and wounding 17 on October 4th. The police chief says the bomber detonated his explosives when he was stopped by a …
Read More »SRW Renewed its Calls for the United States to Add Pakistan to its List of “Countries of Particular Concern”
Shia Rights Watch has renewed its calls for the United States to add Pakistan to its list of “Countries of Particular Concern” after the murder of two Shia Muslims in a barbershop in Karachi on August 5, 2014. These two men were shot by gunmen on a motorcycle who are …
Read More »Four Shia Killed in Karachi, Pakistan
More Shia Muslims killed as Shia targeted killings continue in Pakistan. On Wednesday, July 23rd, four Shia were killed in Karachi. Mubarak Raza Kazmi, a Shia lawyer, was shot and killed. Also Huma Hussain, a Shia woman, was killed. The attackers also injured her husband Bilal Hussain. According to some …
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