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Pakistan Continues to Sacrifice Shia Hazaras to Safeguard Jihadist ‘Assets’
A wide array of causes has led to Pakistan adopting a decades-old policy of appeasement toward anti-Shia militancy. The Hazaras pay the price.
January 13, 2021
People from the Shiite Hazara community chant slogans beside caskets of coal mine workers who were killed by unknown gunmen near the Machh coal field, during a sit-in protest, in Quetta, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021.
Credit: AP Photo/Arshad Butt
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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on January 10 claimed that India is backing the Islamic State (IS) and facilitating attacks in the country. Khan’s statement came a week after 11 Shia Hazara coal miners were brutally massacred by IS affiliated militants. In the interim, the Pakistani premier labeled the mourning families as “blackmailers” for refusing to bury their dead until Khan visits them to hear their demands for justice and security.
Persecuted Hazara demand justice in Pakistan
Shia Muslims protest latest killings and demand protection from attacks by Islamic militants
Blindfolded female protesters at the sit-in by the Hazara community in Quetta. (Photo supplied)
When Tahir Khan visited a Quetta highway blocked with the bodies of 11 slain coal miners, he was greeted by women wearing white blindfolds.
“All of them were family members of the victims enduring a freezing temperature of minus nine. They denied being blackmailers and even tied their hands to prove they are harmless. They only appealed for a visit by Prime Minister Imran Khan to share their pain and ensure the future safety of our community,” the leader of Hazara political workers told UCA News.
Catholics mourn Sri Lankan bishop who founded Pakistan vicariate
Bishop Gnanapragasam will be buried in the apostolic prefecture of Quetta on Dec. 15
Bishop Victor Gnanapragasam (standing) with Sharafat Sharif and Father Renald Lawrence planting a tree at the bishop’s house in Quetta. (Photo: Sharafat Sharif)
Prayers have been offered in Catholic churches across Pakistan for the late Sri Lankan missionary bishop who founded the apostolic prefecture of Quetta.
Bishop Victor Gnanapragasam died aged 80 on Dec. 12. His funeral will be held on Dec. 15 at Holy Rosary Cathedral in Quetta.
“Despite facing challenges of language and culture, he served in a challenging region and headed the Catholic bishops Commission for Catechetics from 2006 to 2010. We are very sad. It is a very big loss,” Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore told UCA News.
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