QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Members of the Shi'ite Hazara minority in Pakistan who have blockaded a highway in Quetta with the bodies of slain coal miners said on Tuesday they will not withdraw until ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People and family members carry a body of their relative, who was a coal miner and got killed along with other coworkers from ...

The Hazara, a minority group that is targeted by Islamic extremists in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province, often live inside sealed-off communities for their own safety. 1 An entrance to Pakistan’s ...

A hunger strike of Hazara women led by Jalila Haidar, a prominent lawyer and human rights activist who comes from the Hazara minority of Pakistan, successfully pressured the country's army chief to ...

Working at “Hazara,” a restaurant in Quetta, is a potentially deadly political act: all of the greasy spoon’s employees are female members of a Shia ethnic minority often targeted by extremists. The ...

Chairman of the Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) Abdul Khaliq Hazara (4L) is observing a three-day-long hunger strike which began on Saturday. — File Photo After over 48 hours since it started, the ...

Hazaras are largely based in and around Quetta, Balochistan's capital. In the 19th century, the ancestors of Quetta's Hazaras sought refuge in the area to escape persecution and poverty in central ...

Scores of women from the Hazara community staged a sit-in outside the regional headquarters of the Southern Gas Company (SGC) in Quetta on Monday, protesting persistent gas shortages and alleged ...