As elections loom in Pakistan, violent anti-Shia sectarianism continues unabated with candidates in Balochistan fearing for their lives as they campaign. Shia Muslims are being hunted from Karachi to Karbala. Scarcely a day passes when news of a bomb attack, suicide bombing, or targeted killing does not remind the world of this. Contrary to popular arguments that claim that anti-Shia violence is just the most recent example of the targeting of minorities in Pakistan, a much longer genealogy can be traced for this.