'Under siege' - Fear and defiance mark life for Pakistan's minority Hazaras

Syed Raza Hazara, 18, back flips as he performs Parkour at the Qayum Papa Stadium in Mariabad, Quetta, Pakistan, June 19, 2019. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

HAZARA TOWN, Pakistan (Reuters) - High walls around the neighbourhoods of Pakistan's embattled Hazara community in the southwestern city of Quetta are designed to protect them from extremist militants, but also serve as a constant reminder of the threat they face.

Soldiers and security checkpoints greet visitors to Hazara Town, one of two large guarded neighbourhoods in the capital of Baluchistan, a province where religious and sectarian groups often target the mostly Shia Hazaras with bombs and guns.