Lack of human rights and discrimination in the applicability of the rule of law makes it even more challenging for minorities in Pakistan to have stable livelihoods and protection.
The press conference was addressed by President JUAIK Ladakh, Sheikh Nazir Mehdi Mohammadi who said that the persecution of Shia Muslims of Pakistan is not a new thing whether its Quetta or any other place, the killers of Shias are known and roaming free.
The failure of law enforcement agencies to apprehend the perpetrators of these murders has left religious minorities in Pakistan feeling frustrated, angry, and increasingly helpless.
In its flagship annual report State of Human Rights in 2022, released earlier today, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern over the political and economic turmoil of last year, both of which have had a serious impact on the human rights situation.
India on Thursday said it will continue to express its serious concern over the manner in which minorities continue to be targeted in Pakistan and that authorities in the neighbouring country should probe such incidents and take suitable action against the guilty.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday claimed that Muslims in India are doing much better than those in Pakistan, in a strong rebuttal of negative 'Western perception' of India.
Posen also questioned Sitharaman that there is widespread reporting in the Western press about MPs in the opposition party losing status, and about Muslim minorities in India being subjected to violence.
Similar to the situation of minorities in Pakistan, the women of the country face discrimination and mistreatment. Due to the rise in domestic violence cases in the country, many have now called for 'solutions'.
40 per cent inflation drains the festive spirit of Ramzan, Holi and Lenten in Pakistan with its religious minorities among the worst sufferers of the current economic slowdown.
During the rally, they raised slogans against forced conversions, prayed for Issac Samson, who has been missing since February 29, 2012, and put up banners of Hindu girls who had been abducted and forcibly converted to Islam.
A Christian man was shot dead in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province on Saturday, in what officials say is the second incident of target killing of minorities in the last 24 hours, reported The Khorasan Diary.