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Pakistan sectarian violence
![An Alarming New Bill Takes Aim at Pakistan’s Shias An Alarming New Bill Takes Aim at Pakistan’s Shias](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-02-08-193011.jpg)
An Alarming New Bill Takes Aim at Pakistan’s Shias
By Asad Gokal and Jaffer A. Mirza
Pakistan is strengthening its controversial anti-blasphemy laws – with potentially deadly results for religious minority groups.
![Renewed Sectarian Tensions Risk Radicalizing Crisis-hit Pakistan Renewed Sectarian Tensions Risk Radicalizing Crisis-hit Pakistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-10-05-122945.jpg)
Renewed Sectarian Tensions Risk Radicalizing Crisis-hit Pakistan
By Liam Gibson
Radicalization of the historically moderate Barelvi sub-sect and rapid growth of the local Islamic State chapter could trigger a new wave of inter-communal violence.
![The Emerging IS Threat in Pakistan The Emerging IS Threat in Pakistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-04-08-180107.jpg)
The Emerging IS Threat in Pakistan
By Muhammad Akbar Notezai
Given Pakistan's lax approach to religious extremist groups, it was only a matter of time before IS reared its ugly head.
![Sectarian Terror Strikes Pakistan Again Sectarian Terror Strikes Pakistan Again](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-03-04-112112.jpg)
Sectarian Terror Strikes Pakistan Again
By Riaz Khan
At least 30 Shiite Muslims were killed and dozens others wounded in the suicide attack on a mosque in Peshawar.
![Pakistan Continues to Sacrifice Shia Hazaras to Safeguard Jihadist ‘Assets’ Pakistan Continues to Sacrifice Shia Hazaras to Safeguard Jihadist ‘Assets’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-01-04-14.jpg)
Pakistan Continues to Sacrifice Shia Hazaras to Safeguard Jihadist ‘Assets’
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
A wide array of causes has led to Pakistan adopting a decades-old policy of appeasement toward anti-Shia militancy. The Hazaras pay the price.
![Fear and Loathing in Balochistan Fear and Loathing in Balochistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_19109577194919.jpg)
Fear and Loathing in Balochistan
By Muhammad Akbar Notezai
Terror attacks and violence continues to plague the province – and the Hazaras bear the brunt of the danger.
![Hazaras Gripped by Religious Extremism in Balochistan Hazaras Gripped by Religious Extremism in Balochistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_19103463889005.jpg)
Hazaras Gripped by Religious Extremism in Balochistan
By Maisam Iltaf
More than 2,000 Hazaras have been killed since 2004, with the latest deadly attack on April 12.
![Chitral: A Portrait of Sectarian Tension in Pakistan Chitral: A Portrait of Sectarian Tension in Pakistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-chitral-airport.jpg)
Chitral: A Portrait of Sectarian Tension in Pakistan
By Shah Meer Baloch
Far from the headlines, a district in KP provides worrying evidence of a rise in religious hatred.
![Freedom and Fear: India and Pakistan at 70 Freedom and Fear: India and Pakistan at 70](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-33_cvrs_1.jpg)
Freedom and Fear: India and Pakistan at 70
By Pippa Virdee
70 years later, the neighbors and rivals still struggle with the “unfinished business of partition.”
![Pakistan's National Security Adviser on Counterterrorism Pakistan's National Security Adviser on Counterterrorism](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-11_15-42-17.jpg)
Pakistan's National Security Adviser on Counterterrorism
By Zeeshan Salahuddin
Lt. Gen. Janjua speaks about his strategy and his views on current progress in Pakistan’s fight on terror.
![US-Pakistan Counterterrorism Needs a New Focus US-Pakistan Counterterrorism Needs a New Focus](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-03_15-53-48.jpg)
US-Pakistan Counterterrorism Needs a New Focus
By Ahmad Majidyar
Sunni-Shia sectarian violence in Pakistan could destabilize the entire South Asia region if left unchecked.
![Is Pakistan's National Action Plan Actually Working? Is Pakistan's National Action Plan Actually Working?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-23_19-50-47.jpg)
Is Pakistan's National Action Plan Actually Working?
By Zeeshan Salahuddin
Two years after Pakistan unveiled its strategy for fighting terrorism, the results are mixed.
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