Demanding UN intervention to analyze crimes and discrimination in opposition to the Shia minority in Pakistan, a Shia group on Friday held protests in Uttar Pradesh’s capital Lucknow.
The protests carried out by the All India Shia Hussaini Fund (AISHF) concerned banners and placards condemning discrimination and atrocities in opposition to Shias in Pakistan, calling it a “state conspiracy”.
A petition carrying 7000 signatures has additionally been ready by the group to be despatched to the United Nations (UN). The petition calls for the UN’s intervention within the alleged crimes and discrimination in opposition to the Shia minority in Pakistan.

The occasion was held amidst experiences of a number of anti-Shia incidents that occurred in Pakistan, over the previous couple of weeks. A current bomb blast at a Shia mosque in Peshawar killed over 60 folks.
There have been focused assaults in opposition to the Shias at each particular person and neighborhood ranges. Hate crime in opposition to Shias can be on an unprecedented rise within the nation.
Pakistan is a Sunni dominant nation the place Shias allege that they don’t seem to be handled at par with different residents.
Aside from the Shias, different minority teams together with folks of different faiths like Hinduism and Christianity, in addition to different sects of Islam are common targets of Sunni fundamentalists.
Shias allege that the discrimination in opposition to them occurs underneath the patronage of the authorities. The neighborhood members search worldwide cognizance of the problem so as to provoke and guarantee justice for the Shias.