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((Short description|Residential town in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan))
((Use Pakistani English|date=February 2024))
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((Hazara people))
'''Hazara Town'''  ([[Urdu]]: ((nq|ہزارہ ٹاؤن)), [[Hazaragi language|Hazaragi]]: ((nq|آزره ټاون)), [[Dari language|Dari]]: ((nq|شهرک هزاره))) is a lower- to middle-income area on the western outskirts of [[Quetta]], [[Pakistan]], of which an almost all the residents are ethnic [[Hazaras]], with a small population of [[Pashtuns]] and [[Baloch people|Baloch]].<ref name="tribune">((cite web |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/267225/who-are-the-hazara/ |title=Case Study Series: Afghans in Quetta: Settlements, livelihoods, support networks and cross-border linkages |page=9 |access-date=9 February 2024 |publisher=[[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] (UNHCR) |date=1 January 2006 |quote=Hazara Town is divided into nine blocks, and almost all the houses are made of concrete. [[Demography of Afghanistan|Afghan residents]] are Persian-speaking Shias, originally from various provinces in central Afghanistan – including [[Hazara people|Hazaras]] who migrated to Pakistan well before the war in Afghanistan as well as those who fled as refugees over the recent years of conflict. The community is a distinct minority in Quetta, which is dominated ethnically by [[Pashtun people|Pashtuns]] and is predominantly Sunni Muslim.))</ref>

Hazara Town encompasses nine blocks,<ref name="UNHCR">((cite web |url=http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/search?page=search&docid=43e75cf02&query=hazara |title=Case Study Series: Afghans in Quetta: Settlements, livelihoods, support networks and cross-border linkages |page=9 |access-date=13 December 2010 |publisher=[[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] (UNHCR) |date=1 January 2006 |quote=Hazara Town is divided into nine blocks, and almost all the houses are made of concrete. [[Demography of Afghanistan|Afghan residents]] are Persian-speaking Shias, originally from various provinces in central Afghanistan – including [[Hazara people|Hazaras]] who migrated to Pakistan well before the war in Afghanistan as well as those who fled as refugees over the recent years of conflict. The community is a distinct minority in Quetta, which is dominated ethnically by [[Pashtun people|Pashtuns]] and is predominantly Sunni Muslim.))</ref> beginning at Brewery Road near [[Bolan Medical College]] and continuing to [[Kirani]] road.<ref name="nation1">((cite web|url=http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/17-Feb-2013/another-hazara-massacre-inquetta|title=Another Hazara massacre in Quetta|publisher=The Nation newspaper|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601073736/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/17-Feb-2013/another-hazara-massacre-inquetta|archive-date=2013-06-01|url-status=dead|access-date=2024-02-09))</ref>

== History ==
Hazara Town, like the twin suburb of [[Mehr Abad]], has built up over the last century due to chronic food deficiency in the [[Hazaristan]] region of Afghanistan and the [[persecution of Hazara people]] by [[Abdur Rahman Khan]], [[list of monarchs of Afghanistan|Amir of Afghanistan]] in the late 19th century.<ref>''Blind chickens and social animals: creating spaces for Afghan women's narratives under the Taliban'', by Anna M. Pont, Mercy Corps (COR), 2001, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ach_HqxNS5AC&q=%22hazara+town%22+quetta Link], ((ISBN|1-9315-7300-X)), p.95.</ref>

===From 1878–1891===
Following the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]], the first Hazaras came to [[Quetta]] to seek employment in British-run companies under the Raj. They are thought to have worked on the building of roads and the Bolan Pass railway as well as enlisting in the [[British army]] of [[India]]. At that time, there could have been no more than a few hundred [[Hazara people|Hazaras]] in [[Balochistan]]. The subjugation of Hazarajat by Afghan emir [[Abdur Rahman Khan]], between 1891 and 1893, triggered a mass exodus of Hazaras to [[Turkestan Province|Turkistan]], [[Khorasan Province|Khorasan]] and [[Balochistan]].

===From 1901 to 1933===
The situation in Afghanistan returned to normal under [[Habibullah Khan|Habibullah]] (1901–1919), the son of Abdur Rahman. He offered amnesty to the Hazaras but this proved to be of little help in improving the lot of the Hazara in Afghanistan. Many Hazara were reluctant to return to Afghanistan and determined to rebuild their lives in Quetta.  In 1904, the [[106th Hazara Pioneers]], a separate regiment for the Hazaras formed by the British, offered greater careers prospects, social recognition and economic success.

The area was established in 1908 by Haji Nasir Ali (an ethnic Hazara, for whom Nasirabad is named) who bought the land from a Kirani Moudodi Chishti Syed family and built housing there. Many ethnic Hazaras from Afghanistan who came earlier were living in different areas of Quetta moved to the settlement, attracted by cheaper land and the security of the scheme.

===From 1933 to 1971===
The regiment of [[106th Hazara Pioneers|Hazara Pioneers]] was disbanded in 1933. Deprived of this social and professional outlet, Hazaras went to settle in Quetta between the 1930s and 1960s, although the process of migration never completely dried up.

===From 1971 to 1978===
Following the 1971 drought, Hazaras settled in Quetta or went to Iran in search of work. Between 1973 and 1978, conflict over the [[Pushtunistan]] issue between Pakistan and the Afghan regime, was another factor of Hazara migration to Pakistan, since President Daud Khan of Afghanistan saw the Hazara as Pakistan's allies. Following the Communist coup in April 1978 and the Soviet intervention in December 1979, the migratory movement assumed hitherto unprecedented dimensions.

"The area was established in 1982 by Haji Ali Ahmed (an ethnic Hazara) who bought the land from a Kirani Baloch family and built housing there. Many ethnic Hazaras from Afghanistan and who were living in different areas of Quetta moved to the settlement, attracted by cheaper land and the security of the scheme."<ref name="UNHCR"/>

==Population==
The population of Hazara Town is approximately 2,500,000,((citation needed|date=June 2023)) who are mostly Hazara, but there are also some other evening ethnicities  living in Hazara Town. The other ethnicities such as Persian speaking Pashtons, Sayeds also live among the Hazaras in Hazara town. "The community of Hazara Town is a distinct minority in Quetta, which is dominated ethnically by baloch and is predominantly [[shia muslims]]."<ref name="UNHCR"/> Ethnic Hazaras are a majority in quetta, at about 40% of the total population. They speak [[Hazaragi]] as their mother tongue and practice [[Shi'a Islam|Shi'a]] Islam. The population of Hazara town increases rapidly which requires wider residential areas. 

Most of the houses in Hazara Town are constructed of concrete.<ref name="UNHCR"/>

== Educational institutes==
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There are more than 80 primary, middle and high schools. According some rough surveys literacy rate in Hazara Town is estimated around 80%. Majority of schools are run by private sector. Only two schools, one boys & one girls schools are run by government funds. Several schools ran by Afghan refugees inline with the Afghanistan Ministry of Education syllabus are also located in Hazara Town. These school are exclusively for the Afghan students who migrated to Pakistan as refugees. 
 
*[[Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University]]

== Economy ==
Majority of the population in Hazara Town most of the people financially depend on the profession of labourers such as in mining, construction and fruit selling.

== Sports ==
There are several sports complexes built by the residents of Hazara Town. These complexes include futsal grounds, volleyball grounds, gyms and martial arts establishments. 

Below are some prominent Hazara sportsmen and sportswomen from Hazara Town:

* [[Kulsoom Hazara]]
* [[Rajab Ali Hazara]]

== Personalities==
Below are some prominent personalities from Hazara Town:

*General [[Musa Khan (general)|Musa Khan]] served as [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Commander in Chief of the Pakistani Army]] from 1958 to 1966. He also served as Governor of [[West Pakistan]]
*[[Abdul Khaliq Hazara (politician)|Abdul Khaliq Hazara]] heads the [[Hazara Democratic Party]] (HDP) political party 
*Politician [[Hussain Ali Yousafi]], chairman of the HDP, was killed by unknown gunmen in 2009, in the city of Quetta
*[[Haji Syed Hussain Hazara]] was a Pakistani senator and member of the [[Majlis-ash-Shura]]
*[[Syed Nasir Ali Shah]] is a member of Pakistani [[National Assembly (Pakistan)|National Assembly]] from NA-259

==See also==
* [[Mehr Abad]]
* [[Hussain Ali Yousafi]]
* [[Hazara Democratic Party]] (HDP)
* [[106th Hazara Pioneers]]

==References==
((Reflist))

== External links ==
((Commons| Hazaras))
((Wikisource1911Enc|Hazara (Race)))

((Hazara nationalism))
((Neighbourhoods of Quetta))

[[Category:Hazara communities in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Populated places in Quetta District]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1908]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Quetta]]

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