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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
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The population of Hazara Town is approximately 2,50,000, 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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There are several sports complexes built by the residents of Hazara Town. These complexes include futsal grounds, volleyball grounds, gyms and martial arts establishments.
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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
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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.
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Following the 1971 drought, Hazaras settled in Quetta or went to Iran in search of work. Between 1973 and 1978, conflict over the
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are Persian-speaking Shias, originally from various provinces in central Afghanistan – including
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Islam. The population of Hazara town increases rapidly which requires wider residential areas.
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distinct minority in Quetta, which is dominated ethnically by baloch and is predominantly
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Hazara Town is divided into nine blocks, and almost all the houses are made of concrete.
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Hazara Town is divided into nine blocks, and almost all the houses are made of concrete.
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Below are some prominent Hazara sportsmen and sportswomen from Hazara Town:
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settlement, attracted by cheaper land and the security of the scheme.
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Hazara Town encompasses nine blocks, beginning at Brewery Road near
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Most of the houses in Hazara Town are constructed of concrete.
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Below are some prominent personalities from Hazara Town:
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Hazara (disambiguation)
Hazara Town is located in Pakistan
30°10′27″N 66°57′39″E / 30.17417°N 66.96083°E / 30.17417; 66.96083
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