The Zainabiyoun Brigade
According to the Zainabiyoun Facebook page, volunteers must be between 18-35 years of age and physically fit. They are offered up to Rs. 120,000/ ($1200) as a monthly salary with 15 days of holidays after three months. Their current strength is estimated to be 1,000 fighters (
Express Tribune [Pakistan], December 11, 2015). Many fighters are from the Shia-dominated Parachinar, in the Kurrum district of Pakistan’s lawless Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Some are ethnic Baluch are also fighters, although it is unclear whether they hail from Pakistani or Iranian Baluchistan (
al-Akhbar, March 29, 2013).
https://jamestown.org/program/the-z...tani-shiite-militia-amid-the-syrian-conflict/
@sbh02
Don't act so innocent. These Parachinaris are under control of Iran more than ours. So why don't you complain to your Ayatollas about these things?