Tag: Sectarian

Two Hazaras killed in Quetta gun attack

QUETTA: At least two members of the Hazara community were killed and two others injured when unidentified gunmen targeted their vehicle Nakhailabad area of...

Investigators suspect LeJ hand in killing of Army, Rangers and police...

Similarities in modes of sectarian killings and killing of security personnel indicate that LeJ is carrying out all these attacks Investigators have concluded that Lashkar-e-Jhangvi...

Cop among two killed in Kohat sectarian clash

    At least two people, including a policeman, were killed and several others injured when a sectarian clash erupted in Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The...

Over 1,000 Hazaras killed in sectarian attacks in one decade!

Hazara Mugal Youth Forum Pakistan (HMYF) President Sardar Mehdi Mussa on Saturday said that over a thousand Hazaras had been killed during the last...

Iraqis rally against government on sectarian policies

Thousands of Iraqi demonstrators massed again in the city of Ramadi in Sunni-dominated province west of the capital on Wednesday. It was the third major...

SUC end sit-in against sectarian killings

Shia Ulema Council (SUC) called off its peaceful sit in strike against sectarian killings of Shittes after 39 hours on Saturday night. A delegation...

Senior geologist among three killed in Quetta sectarian violence

A senior official of the Geological Survey of Pakistan was among three people gunned down by unidentified gunmen in Quetta in the latest incidents...

Sectarian killings

Minorities under persecution Terrorist networks created by the past military rulers in pursuit of their ill conceived strategies have been on the rampage for the...

Sufism and sectarian harmony

Today in Pakistan, Balochistan is burning; hundreds of people have lost their lives in terrorist attacks, sectarian violence and target killings. Killing of members...

Imran blames coward govt for sectarian killings

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief Imran Khan on Sunday said incidents of targeted killings were a result of the government’s ineligibility and cowardice. Addressing a...

Pakistan threatened by religious, sectarian violence

The Pakistani state is threatened by those who commit violence and murder in the name of religion, a leading cleric said on Thursday at...

Myanmar opens new probe into deadly sectarian unrest

Myanmar has set up a new commission to probe sectarian clashes that saw scores killed and displaced tens of thousands, members told AFP, following...

Ban Ki-moon condemns sectarian attack in Gilgit

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned a deadly sectarian attack in north-western Pakistan on Thursday, which reportedly left more than 20 people dead. According...

25,000 flee sectarian clashes in northeast India

About 25,000 villagers have fled their homes in northeast India during clashes between Bodo tribal groups and Muslim settlers in which 15 people have...

Sectarian killings on rise in Syria conflict: UN probe

Growing numbers of victims of the conflict in Syria are being targeted on account of their religion while gross violations of human rights are...

Myanmar sectarian unrest ‘displaces more than 30,000’

Sectarian bloodshed has displaced tens of thousands of people in Myanmar, left dozens dead and many homes destroyed in western Rakhine state, a senior...