Tag: Shia

By XARI JALIL: The families of missing persons from the Shia community, whose loved ones have been picked up on basis of their sects continue to live in misery.

Protest in Dera Ismail Khan over Target Killing of Shia Youth, Demand for Protection Locals in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, protested the murder of a...

“I do not know what state he is in,” a mother states. “I am not asking them to release my son. I jus want to know what crime he has committed. The courts are there to award punishments; at least bring him to court.”

Commuters in Karachi on Friday clashed with rally-goers protesting against target killing of Hazara Shia coal miners in Balochistan last week. For more news on the human rights situation in Pakistan, check out Rights Watch.

Shia organizations in Sindh stage protests in various towns and cities across the province against the Hazara Shia coal miners massacre in Macch. Keep reading for more news on the rights situation in Pakistan.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and President of the United Nations General Assembly Volkan Bozkir condemned the killing of Hazara Shia coal miners in Machh, Balochistan. Meanwhile Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Twitter to assure mourners who have been staging a protest since the past three days that he will visit them soon.

Mourners enter third day of protest against killing of 11 Hazara Shia Muslim coal miners in Mach, demand presence of the Prime Minister, immediate arrest and trial of murderers, and removal of Balochistan government. For more, keep reading.

September 10th, 2020; By Ahmad Saeed; LAHORE; Following the Ashura, a systematic hate campaign has been initiated against members of the Shia community with more than 40 blasphemy cases registered so far, with several dozen Shia Scholars already behind bars, fanning the flames of sectarianism.

September 1st, 2020                                        By Staff Reporter  LAHORE The...

Jul 27, 2020: Following objections by Shia clerics and civil society, the Speaker of Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Pervez Elahi assured to stop the implementation of the Protection of Islam Bill that the assembly had earlier passed ...