Islamabad, Jan. 16 -- The targeted killing of Hazara community members in Pakistan is a reflection that the state was simultaneously allowing anti-Shia hysteria to be propagated across the nation, The Diplomat reported.

Leaving the nation shocked, eleven coal miners from Hazara community were killed in a brutal attack in Balochistan last month.

The community members protested for days, highlighting their plight.

To make the situation rough, Pakistan PM Imran Khan even levelled the protesting Hazara members as 'blackmailers'. The protesters refused to bury their dead until Khan visits them to hear their demands for justice and security.

Protesting with unburied coffins has become a means of expressing outrage against the state for the ...