Despite it being the weekend, shops remained closed on major roads of Karachi where thousands rallied against Shia Muslims and demanded the arrest of blasphemers. “Shia kafir [infidels],” chanted ...

The Pakistani government on November 24 said its mediation team had reached agreement on a seven-day cease-fire among warring sectarian groups in the northwest of the country, looking to end clashes ...

A newly formed coalition of Sunni groups will stage a sit-in protest in Islamabad on Sept. 14 to demand the arrest of Shia clerics and eulogists accused of blasphemy. The demand came despite an ...

Pakistan's northwest has been the scene of sporadic bursts of sectarian violence for decades. In the latest flareup, over 80 people were killed in clashes in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

At least 82 people have been killed and 156 others wounded following three days of sectarian violence in northwestern Pakistan's Kurram district, local officials confirmed on Sunday, November 24. The ...