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J-K: Shia community holds candle march to pay tribute to Islamabad mosque
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
The Shia community has held a candle march to pay tribute to the suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Pakistan's Islamabad in which several members of the Shia community were killed.
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J-K: Shia locals chants "Pakistan Murdabad" during protest over Islamabad
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Shia locals took to the Srinagar-Baramulla National Highway in the Hanjiwera area of Baramulla district to protest against the suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, in which several members of the Shia community were killed. The protestors marched while sloganeering "Pa
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Kabul rejects Pakistan's claim linking Islamabad Mosque attack to Afghanis
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Kabul has rejected Pakistan's claims that the recent suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Islamabad had links to Afghanistan, calling the allegations premature and unsupported by evidence, Khaama Press News Agency reported on Friday.
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Taliban forces prohibit Shia mosques from holding Eid prayers: Reports
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 5 (ANI): The Taliban regime in Afghanistan prohibited dozens of Shia mosques from holding Eid prayers on Tuesday, local media said.
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Peshawar mosque attack lays bare intolerance against Shias in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 16 (ANI): The Peshawar mosque attack is a reminder of how Pakistanis continue to be openly intolerant towards Shias in the country and there is still active support for groups that target their communities, local media reported.
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Persecution of Shia community in Pakistan continues, says report
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 15 (ANI): The bomb attack on a Shia mosque on March 4 in Peshawar, capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has once again thrown light on the plight of Pakistan's minority communities.
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Shia leader shot dead in Pakistan's Karachi
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 13 (ANI): After the recent attack at a Shia mosque in Peshawar that claimed the lives of more than 60 people, a Shia leader was shot dead on Saturday night in target killing in Ancholi area of Pakistan's Karachi, local media reported.
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Peshawar mosque attack bares irony of Pakistan not able to protect own cit
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): The recent attack at a Shia mosque in Peshawar bares the irony of Pakistan, which cannot protect its own citizens against terrorism, dreaming about Kashmir, said Noman Hossain, a freelance journalist, in an opinion piece.
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Violence against Shia Muslims continues unabated in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 7 (ANI): Pakistan's largest Muslim minority, Shias Muslims are living under the shadow of fear post a terror attack by a suicide bomber on a Shia mosque in Peshawar during Friday prayers.
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Pakistan: Death toll rises to 56 in Peshawar Mosque suicide bombing
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], March 4 (ANI): The death toll rose to 56 and 194 others were wounded in a suicide attack at a Shia mosque on Friday in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, local media reported.
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UNICEF concerned over 'grave child rights violations' in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 18 (ANI): United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over a rise in what it termed "grave child rights violations" in Afghanistan and said children must not pay for this conflict with their childhood.
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Afghanistan: Mass funeral held for victims of Kandahar mosque attack
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 17 (ANI): A mass funeral ceremony has been held for the victims killed in Friday's suicide bomb attack on a Shia mosque in southern Afghanistan.
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