Farishat Haideri her own story - Hazara Girl

FARISHAT HAIDERI, 20, an ethnic Hazara student from Quetta, capital of Balochistan province Life used to be different in Quetta. The sit...

FARISHAT HAIDERI, 20, an ethnic Hazara student from Quetta, capital of Balochistan province

Life used to be different in Quetta. The situation now is bad. There is a lot of fear.

Farishat Ali says her parents want her to seek

safety in a life abroad

We'd love to live in a safe place. We are peace-loving people and we want to be treated like normal human beings. If the current situation continues it will become impossible to live in Quetta. People are now moving to Afghanistan and other foreign countries.We can't even go to the bazaar and the shops near our homes because we are being targeted. We have been warned that all Hazara men will be killed. Even women are now being killed.

A friend of mine was targeted when they went to the bazaar. Recently, two taxis full of people going to the funeral of a victim of a targeted killing were stopped, and all eight people inside were killed, including one woman.

We never know who these killers are. They're never caught. Until now, no woman has been kidnapped, but that's because no-one dares to move from their own designated areas in the city.

My parents insisted I do my studies here in Islamabad. They want me to find another scholarship so I can move abroad. My parents themselves might move to Afghanistan.