Hazara community ends protests in Pakistan, buries dead

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 21:34

After two days of nationwide protests, bodies of 29 Shia Hazaras killed in suicide attack in Pakistan were laid to rest after government assurances that perpetrators would be brought to book.

Terrorist attacks kill 2,050 people in Pak last year: Report

Last Updated: Thursday, April 4, 2013, 23:47

A total of 2,050 people were killed and another 3,822 injured in over 1,500 terrorist attacks across Pakistan last year, according to a report issued by a leading rights body on Thursday.

Blast in Pakistan`s Balochistan province kills eight

Last Updated: Friday, March 22, 2013, 14:43

A powerful bomb ripped through a crowded market at Dera Allah Yar town in the restive Balochistan province of Pakistan on Friday, killing eight persons and injuring more than 40 others, officials said.

Quetta attack: Pak`s Shias bury dead amid anti-govt slogans

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 13:59

Hazara Shias began burying the dead in Hazara Town graveyard on Wednesday as Pakistan government had detained 170 and killed four militants in a ‘targeted operation’ as demanded.

UN chief condemns sectarian violence in Pakistan

Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013, 14:04

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Sunday strongly condemned suicide blast in southwestern Pakistan which killed 84 people.

Quetta blast: Pak`s Shias refuse to bury dead; want Army control

Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013, 09:34

Pakistan`s minority Shia Hazara community refused to bury victims of a devastating bombing in Quetta that claimed 89 lives till the Army takes control of the southwestern city.

Influential cleric`s `long march` inches towards Pak capital

Last Updated: Monday, January 14, 2013, 17:23

Protesters led by cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri inched towards Islamabad demanding sweeping electoral reforms, as riot police turned the Pakistani capital Islamabad into a virtual fortress.

Shias refuse to bury deads despite Ashraf`s intervention

Last Updated: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 22:38

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Sunday failed to convince Shia leaders to end a protest over the killing of nearly 100 members of the vulnerable community in bomb attacks in Quetta, with Shia leaders saying their dead would not be buried till their demands are met.

Pak cleric begin long march to pressurise government

Last Updated: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 19:15

Influential cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri began a "long march" from Lahore to Islamabad with thousands to pressure Pakistan government to carry out wide-ranging reforms ahead of the upcoming general election.

Thousands protest in Pakistan against Shia killings

Last Updated: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 00:02

Civil society and Shia groups protested in Pakistan against bomb attacks that killed nearly 100 Hazara Shias and demanded action against militant groups that are targeting the minority community.

Pakistan PM asks paramilitary to assist Baloch administration

Last Updated: Saturday, January 12, 2013, 17:10

Against Balochistan government`s failure to prevent terror attacks against minority Shias, Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf ordered paramilitary Frontier Corps to assist in law and order.