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Inside Balochistan’s sectarian shift — the rise of IS from Lashkar-i-Jhangvi

by Zia Ur Rehman in Prism, Dawn, Oct 3, 2023The writer is a journalist and researcherTragedy struck at the heart of Balochistan’s Mastung district on September 29 when a suicide bomber targeted a gathering preparing for the 12th Rabiul Awwal procession. The blast echoed through the main market, killing 55 people and leaving over 120 injured. Muhammad Ashgar, a member of the procession’s organising committee, says despite threats from militant groups, conveyed to them by…