A new study shows violence against Shia Muslims has been rising in Pakistan and more than 1,900 Shia Muslims have been killed in recent years, Press TV reports.<\/p>\n
The study, conducted by the Jinnah Institute, an Islamabad-based think tank, reveals unprecedented targeted killings of Shia Muslims in Pakistan in 2012 and 2015.<\/p>\n
It says some 1,900 Shia Muslims have been killed in bomb blasts and targeted killings in Pakistan in the past three years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere has been an upsurge in attacks against Shia Muslims in Peshawar, Rawalpindi and southern Punjab,\u201d it says.
\n\u201cThe Shia Muslims have been \u2026. besieged for a very long time as violence has grown in some parts of Pakistan, particularly in Quetta, Karachi and north of the country,\u201d Salman Zaidi from the Jinnah Institute told Press TV.<\/p>\n
\u201cPakistan is a scene of war and violence for a very long time and it is no surprise anymore that there are militant groups now operating here,\u201d and in some occasions \u201cforeign hands\u201d help the militants to launch targeted killings, he said.<\/p>\n
Pakistan is facing security challenges after it joined an alliance with the US in the so-called war on terror. Thousands of Pakistanis have lost their lives and millions have displaced in bombings and militant attacks sweeping across the country since 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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