A lawyer in Pakistan ended her three-day hunger strike today after the country's top general vowed to redouble efforts to protect the Shiite minority, which has been targeted in a string of attacks by Sunni extremists.
Jalila Haider called off her protest before dawn following a meeting between Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and leaders from the Hazara community in Quetta, where several Shiites have been gunned down in recent months. Police have yet to arrest any suspects.
According to a military statement, Bajwa said those who target Shiites "shall suffer twice as much." Sunni extremists view Shiites as apostates, and have carried out scores of attacks over the past two decades that have killed thousands of them.
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