Provincial Minister for Communications and Works Akbar Ayub Khan has said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved Rs10 billion in the provincial budget for the launch of a modern electric bus service connecting Haripur, Abbottabad and Mansehra. In a statement, the minister termed the allocation a major achievement for the people of Hazara Division […]
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Quetta’s Hazara community blocks Western Bypass after two members killed in attack
At least two people from the provincial capital’s Hazara community were killed and another three injured after unknown assailants opened fire on them on Sunday. Senior police officer Muhammad Khair Sumalani told the media that the men came under attack while they were travelling back to Hazara Town from the Hazarganji vegetable market. “Unidentified armed […]
Mercury drops significantly after heavy downpour in Hazara division
ABBOTTABAD: Torrential rain coupled with lightning, hail, and thunderstorm Tuesday decreased the temperatures significantly in the Hazara division. Heavy rain started from late Sunday evening all across Hazara from district Haripur to Kohistan and stuck living in the region. Heavy downpour in upper Hazara division including Abbottabad city, Galyat, Thandyani, Kaghan, Naran, Battagram, and Kohistan, […]
Hazaras Marginalization: The Resolve Awaited
The Hazara killing is a brutal tale of continued persecution. Steep hill of Kabul is still filled with grief as hardly any space has been left after the burial of teen ager school girls. Mass funeral ceremony in Kabul was performed where many of the girls could not be found and the death toll in […]
Afghanistan’s Hazara, a long-persecuted Shiite minority
Kabul: Afghanistan’s Hazara community was targeted again over the weekend when a series of explosions outside a school in western Kabul killed more than 50 people mostly schoolgirls and wounded over 100. The attack was the latest in a series of brutal assaults aimed at the Hazaras, who are mostly Shiites, by the Sunni […]
Horse-mounted police will perform duties in Abbottabad region
Abbottabad division police to go with a horse-mounted special security squad instead of police mobiles for easy access to mountainous areas. The newly posted Hazara division Regional Police Officer (RPO) Hazara Mir Vais Niaz while talking to the media on Tuesday said that police of Abbottabad division will have a horse-mounted squad to inaccessible mountainous […]
PM visits Quetta to meet Hazara community
Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Quetta today before going to Iran for a two-day trip. He met a delegation of Hazara community at the Balochistan University of Information Techonology, Engineering, and Management Sciences (BUITEMS). PTI’s official account stated that fatiha was offered for the martyrs of the recent blast and further the issues of Hazara […]
Hazara Holocaust
“Mark my words, if you let an innocent die and it doesn’t bother you, You, my friend are worse than the killer” Pakistan is famous around the world for its natural beauty and sightseeing. One beautiful sight is located in Hazara, Quetta. “Bahisht e Zainab” is the place that gives goosebumps to the viewers because […]
Hazaras ask on fourth day of protest: where is Imran Khan
Members of the Shia Hazara community, protesting against the Hazarganji suicide bombing, ended their sit-in late on Monday night after receiving assurances from Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Alyani and State Minister for Interior, Sheharyar Afridi. A prominent representative present at the press conference asked the Federal Interior Minister, Shehrya Khan Afridi, “Where is Imran […]
Quetta mourns loss of lives as Da’ish claims responsibility for suicide blast
The Islamic State, also known by its Arabic acronym Da’ish, Saturday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that martyred at least 20 people in Quetta’s vegetable market, as the provincial capital mourned the irreparable loss of the precious lives. The attack ripped through the outdoor market on Friday, martyring at least 20 people – including […]