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migrants from the frontier regions. Added to this were Iranians, Arabs, Central Asians as well as thousands of Afghan refugees who came to Karachi, initially displaced by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; some of the Afghan and Pashtun migration brought along conservative tribal culture, further
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are about 25% of Karachi's population. Religious minorities often face violence and target killing in Pakistan, even though the country's Constitution guarantees them equal rights and the freedom to practice their faith.
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province. The early migrants who came and settled are known as Muhajirs, something which was resented by a portion of the province's native
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migrated in large numbers to the Muslim nation of Pakistan and became settled in Karachi, the historical capital of the
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Karachi's status as a regional industrial centre attracted migrants from other parts of Pakistan as well, including
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Karachi is a cosmopolitan city and consists of many ethnic communities; the city's
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intensifying ethnic and sectarian violence and also giving rise to mob culture.
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in 1947, Muslim immigrants from areas constituting modern-day
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Targeted Killings: Law and Morality in an Asymmetrical World
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