Minority in Pakistan - Hindus of Pakistan

UN experts fear for the safety of minority girls who are forced into religious conversion and forced marriages.

April 12, 2024
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Hindus Persecution in Pakistan, Minority in Pakistan

GENEVA (11 April 2024) – UN experts* today expressed dismay at the continuing lack of protection for young women and girls belonging to minority communities in Pakistan. “Christian and Hindu girls remain particularly vulnerable toRead More

March 5, 2024
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Blasphemy in Pakistan, Conditions of Hindus in Pakistan, Minority in Pakistan, Pakistani Blasphemy Law

After serving five years of the life sentence of hard labor for false blasphemy allegations, last week Pakistani Hindu school teacher and principal Notan Lal was released from prison. Notan Lal was imprisoned after a studentRead More

February 15, 2024
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Hindus Persecution in Pakistan, Minority in Pakistan

When Pakistan became an independent state in 1947, it sought to provide a new homeland and safe harbor for South Asia’s Muslims, the largest religious minority in the subcontinent at the time. Pakistan at firstRead More

December 12, 2023
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Hindus Persecution in Pakistan, Minority in Pakistan, Pakistani Blasphemy Law

Syed Gul Kalash, hailing from the distinctive Kalasha community, opens up about facing verbal pressure to convert to Islam and abandon her culture. She recounts an incident where a family from Punjab insisted onRead More

There is no security for religious minorities in Pakistan

“There is no security for religious minorities in Pakistan,” said Tony. A member of the tiny Sikh religious minority in Pakistan. “The conditions in Peshawar are worsening by the day,” Sahib Singh, a Sikh elder,Read More

September 5, 2023
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Conditions of Hindus in Pakistan, Hindus Persecution in Pakistan, Minority in Pakistan

Islamabad: The Hindu community in the Kashmore district of Pakistan’s Sindh province has had enough of the continuous lawlessness, kidnappings for ransom and failure of authorities to recover the victims. The continued kidnappings targeted at HinduRead More

August 19, 2023
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Blasphemy in Pakistan, Minority in Pakistan

Pakistan’s blasphemy law has come under the spotlight again after a Muslim mob burned Christian churches and houses in the east of the country earlier this week, accusing two members in the community of desecrating the Quran. RehabRead More

February 26, 2023
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Conditions of Hindus in Pakistan, Minority in Pakistan, Pakistani Blasphemy Law, Reports
Extremism in Sindh Pakistan, forced conversion, Hindu Genocide, Hindu Persecution in Sindh

Human rights activist Mahesh Vasu has been diligently tracking and documenting the ongoing genocide of arguably one of the most neglected communities in the entire world – Pakistani Hindus. The serial numbers issued on conversionRead More

The Losing Side – Hindus of Pakistan

In rural Sindh, at least four million people belong to Hindu religion which is broadly accepted as a religious minority community. Due to historic rural-urban imbalance, religious discrimination and lack of streamlining into society, theyRead More

UN rights experts deplore abductions, forced marriages and conversions of girls from Pakistan’s religious minorities.

Forced conversions of kidnapped Hindu girls and subsequent marriages to Muslim men — in most cases to abductors — are routine in southern Sindh province, hosting about 90 percent of the minority community. The groupRead More

Rupa Ben was a resident of Amarkot in Pakistan’s Sindh province before she moved to Mehsana in India

In Lakhvad locality in Gujarat’s Mehsana, more than 300 Hindus of Pakistan-origin are all praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they see him as the only politician who can ensure them Indian citizenship. NavigatingRead More

India and Pakistan foreign ministers trade heated “terrorism’”

Pakistani minister calls India’s Modi the ‘butcher of Gujarat’ after his counterpart accuses Pakistan of being an ‘epicentre of terrorism’. New Delhi accuses Islamabad of harbouring armed fighters who launch attacks on its soil, includingRead More

A Hindu girl has reportedly been abducted in Hyderabad, Pakistan’s Sindh province. Chandra Mehraj (Brahman higher caste Hindus) was abducted while returning home from Fateh Chowk in Hyderabad. A police report was filed, but theRead More

Religious Freedom in Pakistan in 2022

In 2022, Pakistan’s religious freedom conditions remain on a negative trajectory with religious minorities subject to frequent attacks and threats including accusations of blasphemy, targeted killings, lynchings, mob violence, forced conversions, and desecration of housesRead More

The reality of forced conversions and forced marriages in Pakistan

In most cases the victim is abducted and is then subjugated to sustained emotional and physical abuse often involving threats of violence towards their loved ones. Evidence provided by numerous NGOs, journalists and academics haveRead More

Category - Minority in Pakistan

UN experts fear for the safety of minority girls who are forced into religious conversion and forced marriages.

Notan Lal Cleared Of Blasphemy Charges after spending 5 Years in Pakistani Jail

Purifying the Land of the Pure: A History of Pakistan’s Religious Minorities, Hindus, Christians, etc

Surviving Intolerance and The Ugly Reality Of Forced Conversions in Pakistan

There is no security for religious minorities in Pakistan

Pakistani Hindu community protests against kidnappings, lawlessness in Kashmore district of Pakistan’s Sindh September 2023

Minorities More at risk in Pakistan due to blasphemy law 2023

Genocide & Persecution of Hindus in Pakistan

The Losing Side – Hindus of Pakistan

UN rights experts deplore abductions, forced marriages and conversions of girls from Pakistan’s religious minorities.

Hindus of Pakistan-origin, Refugee in Gujarat’s Mehsana are all praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi

India and Pakistan foreign ministers trade heated “terrorism’”

A Hindu girl abducted in Hyderabad Sindh Pakistan

Religious Freedom in Pakistan in 2022

The reality of forced conversions and forced marriages in Pakistan