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Pakistan sees upsurge in terrorism with recent killings of Sikhs, Shias
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): Pakistan is witnessing a new wave of terrorism with several incidents of target killings of Sikh and Shia minorities reported in the Peshawar region in recent years.
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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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Shias hold protests demanding UN intervention in atrocities against them b
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 1 (ANI): Demanding UN intervention to investigate crimes and discrimination against the Shia minority in Pakistan, a Shia organization on Friday held protests in Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow.
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Indian Shia group in letter to PM Modi says Pakistan nursing terrorism
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 26 (ANI): In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a Lucknow-based Shia Muslims group while expressing concern over attacks on the community in neighbouring countries has stated that Pakistan is nursing terrorism.
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UN special envoy stresses importance to ensure protection, human rights fo
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 26 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen, met members of Hazara and Shia communities and stressed the importance to ensure protection and human rights for all people in Afghanistan.
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Shia LaBeou, Mia Goth welcome their first child
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 3 (ANI): 'Transformers' actor Shia LaBeouf and actor-model Mia Goth have welcomed their first child together.
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J-K People's Justice Front hosts seminar on 'Kashmiryat'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 20 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir People's Justice Front (JKPJF) organized a seminar titled "Eid Nouroz and Kashmiryat" on Saturday at Mirgund Pattan where ulemas a large number of people participated.
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Pakistan witnesses unprecedented rise in attacks and arrests against Shia
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 18 (ANI): Pakistan has witnessed an unprecedented rise in attacks and arrests against its Shia minority, who make up between 15 per cent and 20 per cent of the Sunni-majority country, a media report said on Thursday.
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Peshawar mosque attack lays bare intolerance against Shias in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 12 months 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 : 3 years, 12 months 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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Pakistan: Karachi police fear resurgence of sectarian terrorism
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 14 (ANI): The police in Pakistan's Karachi fear the resurgence of sectarian terrorism after the Shia leader was shot dead on Saturday in a target killing in the Ancholi area, local media reported.
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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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