Fear and defiance among Pakistan’s Hazaras – in pictures
High walls around the neighbourhoods of the country’s embattled Hazara community in the south-western city of Quetta are designed to protect them from extremist militants. However, they also serve as a constant reminder of the threat they face from groups such as Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Islamic State
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A girl wears traditional jewellery during a rehearsal before the Hazara Culture Day in Mariabad
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Mariabad residents at sunset
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Hazara men eat breakfast at a restaurant in Mariabad
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Shaolin Kung Fu grandmaster Mubarak Ali Shan: ‘We want to serve Pakistan and, despite suffering tragedies and incidents, our love for peace has not diminished’
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A Hazara girl attends an assembly prayer
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Ibrahim Hazara, 70, sells apricots from his push cart at a market
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A man with a pair of caged chukars beside a poster depicting the Jamkaran mosque in Iran
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Naveed Ali Hazara, 23, at a gym in Hazara Town: ‘We are doing bodybuilding; firstly to build health and secondly, as sports gives you extra strength and keeps us away from drugs’
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Sardar Sahil, a 30-year-old lawyer and rights activist, eats breakfast with his mother: ‘We are living under siege for more than one and a half decades due to sectarian attacks’
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Children play on a trampoline near a graveyard
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A girl carries naan bread in Hazara Town
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Nargis, 20, a martial arts specialist: ‘Every one of us has a dream, a target and aim in our heart, to change the image of Hazaras in the world, and especially in Pakistan’
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People watch a performance during the Hazara Culture Day, which showcases history, music and traditions
