The ousted Prime Minister had become famous for his extravagant praise of China and Xi Jinping, and refusal to acknowledge the Uyghur genocide.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Dead Ahmadis Are Persecuted Too
Graves have been desecrated in the village of Perochak, in the Sialkot District of Punjab. It is not the first time.
Pakistan: Hafiz Saeed Sentenced to 33 Years in Jail—But Terrorism Continues
The Jama’at-ud-Da’wah leader has been convicted of financing terrorism. But who finances Hafiz Saeed?
Bride Trafficking: China and Pakistan, Partners in Crime?
Christian Pakistani women are “sold” as brides to Chinese men, and end up as victims of abuse, are forced to prostitution, and even (some claim) killed for organ harvesting.
Prominent Shi’a Leader Assassinated in Pakistan
Less than ten days after the deadly anti-Shiite terrorist attack in Peshawar, Syed Salman Haider Rizvi was killed in Karachi.
Pakistan: Deadly Anti-Shiite Terrorist Attacks Continue
63 killed, 200 wounded in an attack against a Shiite mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Hazaras in Pakistan. 5. Two New Enemies: ISIS and COVID, 2016–2022
From 2016, ISIS replaced Lashkar-e-Jhangvi as the deadliest anti-Hazara terrorist group. In 2020, Hazaras were accused of spreading COVID as the “Shi’a virus.”
Hazaras in Pakistan. 4. The Third Wave of Anti-Hazara Terrorist Attacks, 2010–2015
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorists Usman Saifullah Kurd and Dawood Badini waged a war of extermination against the Hazaras of Balochistan.
Hazaras in Pakistan. 3. The Deadly Attacks of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ)
Founded in 1996, LeJ emerged as the most radical anti-Shi’a groups, and the only one able to launch a terrorism campaign against the Hazaras in Balochistan.
Hazaras in Pakistan. 2. The Rise of Anti-Shiite Extremism
From the late 1970s, sectarian violence targeted Pakistani Shiites, due to both domestic and international factors.