Timeline of attacks on the Hazara community National January 8, 2021 LAHORE: The Hazara community, residing in and around the Quetta City, has been an easy prey for terrorists since February 9, 2001 at least, when eight passengers traveling in a van en route from Hazara Town to Alamdar road of the provincial Metropolis were shot dead mercilessly by unknown gunmen. The Hazaras, hailing from the Shia sect, had been living in Afghanistan since 1880s, but almost all had to migrate to Pakistan after they were subjected to persecution and violence between 1883 and 1893 by Afghan King Abdur Rehman. Over 60 percent of the total Hazara population was killed or displaced during Abdur Rehman's reign, with thousands fleeing to Quetta and its adjoining areas.