{"id":78335,"date":"2021-01-14T08:51:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T03:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=78335"},"modified":"2021-01-14T08:51:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T03:51:31","slug":"the-massacre-of-hazaras-in-our-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/2021\/01\/14\/the-massacre-of-hazaras-in-our-country\/","title":{"rendered":"The Massacre of Hazaras in Our Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\":2r\">\n<div class=\"lQs8Hd\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"btm\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><strong>By Mesum Abbas<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":109\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":10a\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p class=\"quoteText\">\u201cNo one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2015\u00a0<span class=\"authorOrTitle\">Nelson Mandela,\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"quote_book_link_318431\">Long Walk to Freedom<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The constitution of Pakistan grants all the fundamental rights envisaged in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">1. Article-36 of the constitution of Pakistan provides protection to minorities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2. The UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious, and Linguistic Minorities &#8211; 1992,\u00a0 ensures protection of the rights of minorities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Article &#8211; 1 of the Declaration provides, \u201cStates shall protect the existence and the national or ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic identity of minorities within their respective territories and shall encourage conditions for the promotion of that identity\u201d and \u201cStates shall adopt appropriate legislative and other measures to achieve those ends\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The state of Pakistan has constantly failed to provide this universally accepted protection to Hazaras, who have been natives of this land for over 150 years, having migrated and settled here from the neighboring countries. Mass migration of the Hazars took place in the time of Amir Abdul Rahman Khan of Afghanistan, due to persecution on religious and ethnic basis.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to a report prepared by the National Commission of Human Rights, the Hazaras, having originally lived in Central Afghanistan, migrated from Afghanistan to Baluchistan about 150 years ago and settled here. Mass migration of Hazara population to Baluchistan took place in the late 19th century due to\u00a0 persecution during the reign of King Abdur Rahman. Having a history of persecution, Hazaras have not been fortunate enough to be identified with the mainstream even in modern times. In the past three decades, two thousand Hazaras have been killed by Taliban in Mazar Sharif and Bamiyan, Afghanistan, according to the report.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Unfortunately, their ordeal have not come an end even after migrating to Pakistan. They have constantly been victimized, attacked and massacred by sectarian militant groups, as well as Jahadi outfits. They have increasingly been attacked since the 9\/11 incident and the resultant war on terror in Afghanistan.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The state of Pakistan has failed to protect his citizens from the militants. Some even accuse the state of patronizing militants and terrorists, allowing them free hand to operate against the already persecuted Hazara community.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The recent slaughtering of 11 Hazara miners, claimed by ISIS, has raised questions about the writ of the State of Pakistan, as lawlessness seems to be the norm in Baluchistan, instead of being an exception.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Worst policymaking has created anarchy in the society. Pashtuns, Hazaras, Baloch, Gilgitis and Baltis continue to express deep resentments against the State&#8217;s behavior, which doesn&#8217;t augur well for the future.<\/div>\n<div id=\":10a\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">For betterment and stability of our State, we need to ensure safety of the citizens, provide justice, and offer equal opportunities to the various groups of people that call themselves Pakistanis.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mesum Abbas \u201cNo one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.\u201d \u2015\u00a0Nelson Mandela,\u00a0Long &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4690],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs"],"better_featured_image":{"id":78336,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1000,"height":598,"file":"2021\/01\/Mesum-Abbas.jpg","sizes":{"medium":{"file":"Mesum-Abbas-450x269.jpg","width":450,"height":269,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mesum-Abbas.jpg?fit=450%2C269&ssl=1"},"large":{"file":"Mesum-Abbas-600x359.jpg","width":600,"height":359,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mesum-Abbas.jpg?fit=600%2C359&ssl=1"},"thumbnail":{"file":"Mesum-Abbas-260x250.jpg","width":260,"height":250,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mesum-Abbas.jpg?resize=260%2C250&ssl=1"},"medium_large":{"file":"Mesum-Abbas-768x459.jpg","width":768,"height":459,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mesum-Abbas.jpg?fit=768%2C459&ssl=1"},"covernews-slider-center":{"file":"Mesum-Abbas-936x598.jpg","width":936,"height":598,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mesum-Abbas-936x598.jpg"},"covernews-medium":{"file":"Mesum-Abbas-720x380.jpg","width":720,"height":380,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mesum-Abbas-720x380.jpg"},"covernews-medium-square":{"file":"Mesum-Abbas-675x450.jpg","width":675,"height":450,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mesum-Abbas-675x450.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1","keywords":[]}},"post":78335,"source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mesum-Abbas.jpg"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mesum-Abbas.jpg?fit=1000%2C598&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78337,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78335\/revisions\/78337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}