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Religious discrimination forcing families to leave Pakistan, says voluntee
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
At the UNHRC in Geneva, Sambhali Trust volunteer Lara Delutis highlighted the struggles of minority migrants fleeing religious discrimination in Pakistan for India. Praising grassroots support in Rajasthan, she emphasised the importance of livelihood and education for asylum seekers while ca
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Geneva: Kashmiri activist at UN highlights atrocities against Shias in Pak
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
During the ongoing 57th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Beigh highlighted the plight of the Shia Muslim community within Pakistan
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Pakistan: Minority Ahmadiyya community member shot dead in Punjab
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Jamaat Ahmadiyya Pakistan spokesman has condemned the killing of Zakaur Rehman. He said that the victim was an official of the local Jamaat chapter.
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Pakistan: 3 minority Ahmadiyya community members detained to prevent them
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Notably, the Ahmadiyya community is a minority in Pakistan. Frequent incidents are reported of the community facing religious persecution and discrimination.
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Pakistan creating hostile environment for minorities by promoting extremis
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A research analyst lambasted Pakistan on Friday, accusing the country of creating a hostile environment for religious minorities by promoting Sunni Islamist extremism.
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Minority Rights March held in Pakistan against forced conversions
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The march emphasized the need for legislation that criminalizes forced conversion, a concern that has troubled minorities for a long. The participants came from Hindu, Christian, Sikh and other religious minority communities in Pakistan.
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Pakistan: Report cites rise in persecution of minority Hindu community
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Hindu community, which happens to be a minority in Pakistan, are undergoing a series of threats and persecution, with killings, kidnappings and attacks on religious site being a common affair in the country, The News on Sunday reported.
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Pakistan: Hindu businessman kidnapped, tortured; PKR 5 crore ransom demand
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Jagdish Kumar Mukki was also brutally tortured by the unidentified assailants, who kidnapped him on June 20.
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Pak: 150-year-old Hindu temple demolished in Karachi
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Hindu community in Karachi on Saturday morning woke to find their 150-year-old-holy shrine Mari Mata Temple demolished in Karachi's Soldier Bazaar, reported Dawn.
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Pakistan's minority Hindus unaware of law pertaining to women, don't avail
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Little has been done to let the country's largest minority community, a minuscule 1.8 per cent of the 220 million population, know of the existence of the law that took 69 years to enact, leading to its 'negligible' use. The law was signed into law six years ago, Asian Lite reported citing D
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Minorities becoming increasingly vulnerable in Pakistan; Balochis, Hindus,
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to studies, Christian girls suffer acid attacks from Muslim suitors in retaliation for rejection. In February 2023, Kamran Allahbux disfigured Sunita, his 19-year-old Christian neighbour, with acid after she declined a marriage proposal. Sunita's family tried for months to report K
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Pakistan: Minority Rights Commission head says property of minorities wort
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Shoaib Sadal told the two-judge bench headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan that the provincial governments were not cooperating with the Commission with regard to the details of assets.
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