‘Vested agenda’ The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) reported that multiple vigilante groups were working in a “dedicated manner” to “witch-hunt” people for online expression or to fabricate blasphemy evidence using social media withRead More
Read MoreIn Shahdadpur, Sanghar district, a horrific crime has shaken even those accustomed to brutality. A six-year-old Hindu girl was reported missing yesterday. Today, her small body was found, bearing the traumatic signs of rape. ThisRead More
Read MoreGENEVA (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
Read MoreAfter 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
Read MoreWhen 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
Read MoreSyed 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
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