Hazara Genocide in Pakistan
According to 2018 National Commission for Human Rights of Pakistan report, over 2,000 Hazaras have been killed and over 4,000 critically injured in the terrorist attacks. Of the Hazaras leaving Pakistan seeking safety offshore, nearly 500 drowned while migrating to Australia and thousands more compelled to migrate.
History of Sit-in Protests and Hazara Community’s Sit-ins in Quetta
A sit-in protest is a form of protest in which protesters sit at a place and insist on a particular demand(s). Protests by protesters usually continue until their demands are met. The demands of sit-ins are usually of practical nature, and they have been used throughout history for the purpose of stopping a particular action/policy […]
Rising questions after Hazara burial of Mach incident victims
The ten Hazara coalminers slaughtered in Mach last week were buried on Saturday after a six-day long protest but the controversies raised at the local and national level still looms large. At the inception of the New Year, on the midnight between 2nd and 3rd January 2021, ten laborers belonging to the most persecuted Hazara […]
Open letter to Pakistani High Commission, UK, regarding gruesome murder of Hazaras in Pakistan
Dear High Commissioner of Pakistan Subject: The Merciless Killings of 11 Hazara Coalminers by Daesh Militant, in the city of Mach in Pakistan, on 3rd of January 2021 Over the last twenty-two years, extremist organisations have unleashed a torrent of violence against smaller communities in Pakistan. In the city of Quetta, the brunt of it […]
The Merciless Killings of 11 Hazara Coalminers
An extremely tragic and a heart-wrenching incident of terrorism took place in Mach, nearly 64km from Quetta, in which 11 Hazara coal miners were ruthlessly butchered by sharp knives. Listen to Audio version of this article on Bolaq’s YouTube Channel According to the details, some masked man entered a camp of coal miners who were […]
Qissa-hai-Natamam: A tale of Hazara Genocide in Pakistan
The book is a collection of Hasan Riza Changezi’s articles most of which were published in the Dawn newspaper as Urdu language blogs. The book contains thirty-one of his selected articles written during the horrific period of 2012-2015 when Pakistan in general and Quetta in particular, was ablaze with sectarian terrorism. The writer has highlighted […]
Corona Virus, Pakistan, and the Deep-Seated Racial Biases
The Covid-19 epidemic, despite the fatal woes, have further divided the nation on ethnic and sectarian lines instead of bringing Pakistanis together at this critical juncture