High walls around the neighborhoods of Pakistan's embattled Hazara community in the southwestern city of Quetta are designed to protect them from extremist militants, but also serve as a constant reminder of the threat they face. ( Reuters / Akhtar Soomro )
PACKAGE: 'Under siege': Fear and defiance mark life for Pakistan's minority Hazaras
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Hazara men have tea and breakfast at a local restaurant in Mariabad, Quetta, Pakistan, June 13, 2019.
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A Hazara man reads the Koran along a passageway with photos of deceased victims who lost their lives during target killings and bomb attacks, at the graveyard called Shuhda Qabristan (martyred graveyard) in Mariabad, Quetta, Pakistan, June 13.
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A Hazara taxi driver, poses for a photograph in Hazara Town, Quetta, Pakistan, June 13, 2019. His tattoo reads in Urdu: "loneliness" and the letter "F" stands for the first letter of the name of his friend who was killed in a bomb blast.
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Nargis Hazara, 20, martial arts specialist, who belongs to ethnic Hazara community, works on her computer as she sits beside her portrait at her home in Hazara Town, Quetta, Pakistan, June 13, 2019. Domestic media often portray the Hazaras as targets of sectarian attacks or holding sit-ins to demand greater protection, but the community is developing and growing, said Nargis, who last year became Pakistan's first winner of an Asian Games medal in karate. "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."