MINORITY RIGHTS
Fact-finding mission says TLP protest, incendiary sermons escalated likelihood of violence against minority community.
Updated 07 Oct, 2023 10:24am
Law officer says govt decided not to form judicial commission in the light of reports submitted by JITs.
Updated 03 Oct, 2023 10:42am
Civil society activists face legal proceedings, jail sentences, travel bans and threats for cooperating with UN’s rights mechanism, UN report says.
Updated 02 Oct, 2023 10:15am
"Islam is a religion of peace and there is no space for intolerance and extremism in Islam and society," says army chief.
Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:51pm
Construction of 100-kanal graveyard for Christians incomplete even though work on 900-kanal cemetery for Muslims has already been completed.
Published 25 Sep, 2023 07:05am
Delegation calls on University of Sahiwal vice-chancellor, highlight underrepresentation of minorities in higher education.
Updated 22 Sep, 2023 11:20am
TLP says it will demolish minarets of the building built by country's first foreign minister Sir Zafarullah Khan.
Updated 22 Sep, 2023 10:02am
Community spokesperson says efforts are under way to register a first information report of the crime.
Updated 21 Sep, 2023 07:35pm
The suspect will be presented in a court tomorrow (Sunday) to secure his physical remand, says police official.
Updated 16 Sep, 2023 11:44pm
Justice Sheikh maintains that when the Ahmadis built their worship place, its architectural design did not violate any law then in force.
Published 14 Sep, 2023 05:45am
PPP condemns secretariat’s move sans consulting members over ‘mismatched signatures’; SC to take up plea seeking justice for mob violence victims today.
Updated 08 Sep, 2023 08:36am
Reverend Father Eleazar Sidhu, who serves a church in Jaranwala, had received threats days ago; discharged from hospital.
Updated 05 Sep, 2023 07:46am
Community's spokesperson says attackers "broke the minarets, vandalised the place, and raised inciting slogans"; police register FIR.
Updated 04 Sep, 2023 10:54pm
Protest sit-ins held in Kashmore, Larkana and Karachi against abduction of members of Hindu community and increasing incidents of robberies.
Updated 04 Sep, 2023 08:11am
Community members say lack of infrastructure poses challenges when performing cremation rituals under extreme weather conditions.
Updated 31 Aug, 2023 10:28am
Recommends reviewing blasphemy laws so that they are not misused against individuals or any religious minority.
Published 26 Aug, 2023 06:36am
About 1,000 Christians protest in US, urging UN to persuade Pakistan to make laws to end future attacks on minorities.
Published 26 Aug, 2023 06:35am
Says it can't rule out suspicion that the attacks were part of a "larger campaign of hatred against the local Christians".
Published 25 Aug, 2023 11:49pm
We have failed to develop a vision to lift the minorities from ghettos.
Updated 24 Aug, 2023 08:33am
Community members and advocates say the trauma and fear will be tough to heal and their safety is not assured.
Published 22 Aug, 2023 06:22pm
PM Kakar visits blighted town, hands out compensation to victims of violence; CM Naqvi says hunt for suspects underway.
Updated 22 Aug, 2023 07:58am
Pakistan Ulema Council, Church of Pakistan announce 24-member investigation committee.
Updated 20 Aug, 2023 11:46pm
Urges people to help the Christian community and not "leave everything to the state"; protest held in Karachi to show solidarity.
Updated 19 Aug, 2023 10:22pm
Punjab info minister says 1,470 booked while 145 arrested till now; tehsildar confirms 19 churches, 86 houses burned during the incident.
Updated 19 Aug, 2023 10:47am
Voice of Christians International Director for Human Rights Samuel Makson asks apex court to take action to meet the ends of justice.
Updated 19 Aug, 2023 10:20am
Unit comprises 70 policemen, formed on recommendation of National Minorities Commission.
Published 17 Aug, 2023 12:11pm
After images of vandalised churches were shared on social media, initial shock and horror were followed by demands for justice.
Updated 17 Aug, 2023 10:31am
“We are all one people and I refuse to let us be divided," artist Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Jr, one of the participants and speakers, says.
Updated 12 Aug, 2023 01:13am
Announce first "Minority Rights March" to be held on Aug 11.
Updated 10 Aug, 2023 10:57am
Community spokesperson says one dozen persons destroyed the place's minarets with hammers and wrote “hateful graffiti on the walls”.
Updated 26 Jul, 2023 10:16am
