Tag: Minorities

This week, the Federal Shariat Court declared the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act which was passed by Pakistan’s Parliament ...

The Digital Media Alliance of Pakistan on Wednesday praised Pakistani journalists for their dedication and unwavering commitment on the occasion ...

In a press conference entitled “Quest for Credible Population Census: Inclusive Processes and Transparency” Former Minister Ijaz Alam Augustine, Dr. ...

It was the most unusual and exciting day of their lives. The first-ever delegation of minority children visited the Parliament ...

Throughout history, the struggle for equal rights and the right to a free life has been an ongoing battle for ...

A senior Hindu doctor, a Sikh shopkeeper, and a Christian laborer were gunned down in separate incidents in the country ...

Lahore: The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has released a report named the Human Rights Observer 2023, which suggests that ...

Lahore: Peoples Commission for Minorities’ Rights (PCMR) and Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), the two leading civil society organizations, have ...

In literature and associated narratives, females often carry the otherness and foreignness in society. The poetry of Mascha Kaléko is ...

Pakistan is a home to the world’s second largest Muslim population – after Indonesia – with about 220 million people. ...

The fashion industry in Pakistan is the bedrock for what is now known as Pakistani pop culture. It was created ...

Brutalities directed towards religious, sexual, gender and ethnic minorities were reported from across Pakistan in February. The coordinated campaign against ...

Chetan Bagat recently wrote an article titled “Is it time for Pakistan to return to the motherland?” https://twitter.com/chetan_bhagat/status/1629708435884507136 Indians just ...

Voters are often simple, honest people who wait for promises to be fulfilled that their elected representatives made before elections. ...

With millions of Indian and Pakistani film watchers and enthusiasts talking about Shahrukh Khan’s latest film Pathaan, I finally mustered ...

Women’s Action Forum chapters from Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Hyderabad, Peshawar and Quetta came together in a National Convention from February ...

After failing to adopt legislative measures against the forced conversions of non-Muslim girls, followed by marriages, the government has now ...

Shanti Nagar is a local village in district Khanewal, and was known as a peaceful and tranquil community; even the ...

Masiha Millat Party, a Christian rights body, has approached Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) cybercrime wing seeking registration of a blasphemy ...

Police have forced Ahmadis, most vulnerable religious minority in Pakistan, to demolish minarets on their place of worship in Adda ...

It is no secret that Pakistan lags behind the world and Pakistani women bear the brunt of it but there ...

On my year-long study tour of the United States, many African Americans, when asked about American identity in relation to ...

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed its concerns over an amendment in the blasphemy law, which aims at ...

Prime minister Shehbaz Sharif had asked Emirati president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to facilitate dialogue with India, and ...

Sanghar Police achieved a major breakthrough in the Daya Bheel murder case on Saturday as they went on to arrest ...

Christian communities across Pakistan, and around the world, celebrated the grand festival of Christmas with passion and zeal on Sunday. ...