Pakistan Shia Attacks

An annual American report on religious freedom has voiced concern over the targeted killing in Pakistan of Shia Muslims, including ethnic Hazaras, who are largely Shia, and Ahmadi Muslims in attacks believed to be driven by faith.

If there was such a thing as a diplomatic roast, what India served to Pakistan on Wednesday at the United Nations would come quite close to it. Following Pakistan's unrestrained shots at New Delhi over minorities and the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India used its right to reply at the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva to serve a sharp rejoi...

A blast killed 24 people and injured 70 in the northwestern Pakistani city of Parachinar on Sunday, officials said, and a banned Sunni Islamist group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condemned the attack in Karachi in which people from minority Shia Ismaili community were targeted and said India stands firmly with the people of Pakistan in this hour of grief.

At least four people were killed and more than 15 injured today in a bomb attack at a Shia mosque in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, police said.

At least nine persons, mostly Shias, were killed and 25 others injured in a suspected suicide attack in a hotel in the restive northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar today.

At least 48 people, including women and children, were killed and 140 injured when two powerful blasts ripped through a Shia-dominated area of the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, the latest in a string of attacks targeting the minority sect.

Pakistan on Thursday blocked cellular services in over 50 towns and cities, including Islamabad, to prevent terror attacks on Shia processions to commemorate the slaying of Imam Hussein, one of the most revered Shia figures.

In the wake of bombings and suicide attacks targeting Shia processions in different parts of Pakistan, over 25,000 policemen have been put on high alert in the capital city of the most populous province of Punjab for 'Ashura', the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram.

Gunmen ambushed a bus carrying Shia pilgrims in Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 18 people in the latest in a string of attacks in the region targeting the minority community.

Gunmen opened fire on a minibus carrying minority Shiite Muslims in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing 11 of them in a sectarian attack, police said.

At least 50 people were killed and over 100 others, including media persons, were injured on Friday when a suicide bomber struck a Shia procession at Quetta in southwest Pakistan, the latest in a slew of strikes targeting religious minorities in the country.The attack, which took place around 3 pm local time at Meezan Chowk - a busy square in Baloc...

Another day, another blast; this time a suicide bomber attacked a crowded Shia mosque in Chakwal in Pakistan's Punjab province where a religious congregation was taking place. The damage was significant.

An annual American report on religious freedom has voiced concern over the targeted killing in Pakistan of Shia Muslims, including ethnic Hazaras, who are largely Shia, and Ahmadi Muslims in attacks believed to be driven by faith.

If there was such a thing as a diplomatic roast, what India served to Pakistan on Wednesday at the United Nations would come quite close to it. Following Pakistan's unrestrained shots at New Delhi over minorities and the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India used its right to reply at the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva to serve a sharp rejoi...

A blast killed 24 people and injured 70 in the northwestern Pakistani city of Parachinar on Sunday, officials said, and a banned Sunni Islamist group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condemned the attack in Karachi in which people from minority Shia Ismaili community were targeted and said India stands firmly with the people of Pakistan in this hour of grief.

At least four people were killed and more than 15 injured today in a bomb attack at a Shia mosque in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, police said.

At least nine persons, mostly Shias, were killed and 25 others injured in a suspected suicide attack in a hotel in the restive northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar today.

At least 48 people, including women and children, were killed and 140 injured when two powerful blasts ripped through a Shia-dominated area of the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, the latest in a string of attacks targeting the minority sect.

Pakistan on Thursday blocked cellular services in over 50 towns and cities, including Islamabad, to prevent terror attacks on Shia processions to commemorate the slaying of Imam Hussein, one of the most revered Shia figures.

In the wake of bombings and suicide attacks targeting Shia processions in different parts of Pakistan, over 25,000 policemen have been put on high alert in the capital city of the most populous province of Punjab for 'Ashura', the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram.

Gunmen ambushed a bus carrying Shia pilgrims in Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 18 people in the latest in a string of attacks in the region targeting the minority community.

Gunmen opened fire on a minibus carrying minority Shiite Muslims in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing 11 of them in a sectarian attack, police said.

At least 50 people were killed and over 100 others, including media persons, were injured on Friday when a suicide bomber struck a Shia procession at Quetta in southwest Pakistan, the latest in a slew of strikes targeting religious minorities in the country.The attack, which took place around 3 pm local time at Meezan Chowk - a busy square in Baloc...

Another day, another blast; this time a suicide bomber attacked a crowded Shia mosque in Chakwal in Pakistan's Punjab province where a religious congregation was taking place. The damage was significant.