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“Seventeen Days Without Silence”: Pakistan’s Christians End a Historic Sit-In with a Promise—and a Warning
On a humid Tuesday evening, Sept. 2, the chants softened into hymns. After an unprecedented 17 days of fasting, prayers, and sleepless vigils, the Christians of Jaranwala folded their placards and did something they had not done since Aug. 16: they went home. They did not leave in defeat. They left
A Silent Scream Echoing Through Pakistan’s Streets: The Growing Epidemic of Child Sexual Abuse
On the streets of Pakistan, within the confines of its homes, and in the shadows of its institutions, a cry for help goes unheard. It doesn’t make headlines as it should, and it doesn’t spark the outrage it deserves. Yet, it affects the very core of our society. Children—the future of
Endless Persecution: The Ahmadi Community’s Struggle for Faith in Pakistan
Between April and June 2025, the Ahmadi community in Pakistan endured a relentless tide of violence, humiliation, and state-sanctioned discrimination that exposed the harrowing reality of their existence. According to a report by the International Human Rights Desk, a UK-based organization, the past months have been marked by targeted killings, widespread
“We Left With Nothing”: Women in Punjab’s Flood Camps Are Fighting a Second, Silent Battle
When the Ravi River spilled its banks and turned neighborhoods into brown, endless lakes, mothers carried children through the water and fathers clutched plastic bags of documents above their heads. In the rush, whole lives were left on drowned streets—wedding trunks, school certificates, framed photographs. What followed was a scramble to
Hope Behind Bars: Pakistan’s Minority Prisoners Face Systemic Abuse and Discrimination
On August 15, the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), a Catholic Church body, released a devastating study titled “Hope Behind Bars.” Its findings uncover a grim reality: Pakistan’s prisons are not merely places of confinement, but sites of deep-rooted prejudice where minority inmates — particularly Christians, Hindus, and Sikhs
Persecuted in Their Own Land: The Dire State of Religious Freedom in Pakistan
Religious diversity should enrich societies, foster tolerance, and give people the freedom to live according to their beliefs. In Pakistan, however, religious diversity has too often become a source of division, discrimination, and violence. A new report by the Washington D.C.-based Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) finds that
Pakistan’s Independence Day Marred by Extremism: Ahmadi Mosques Torched in Faisalabad
On the very day Pakistan celebrated its 78th Independence Day, extremists turned the country’s streets into battlegrounds of hate. In Faisalabad’s Dijikot, two Ahmadiyya places of worship were set ablaze by a mob led by Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) leaders—an ugly reminder that in Pakistan, religious freedom remains an illusion. According to
On the Eve of National Minorities Day, Pakistan’s Forgotten Voices Demand Justice
LAHORE/KARACHI/ISLAMABAD – As Pakistan prepared to mark National Minorities Day on August 11 — a day meant to honor diversity, unity, and equal citizenship — the mood in minority communities was far from celebratory. Instead of parades of pride, there were tears of frustration, voices choked with pain, and memories of
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Marginalized in the Classroom: The Forgotten Struggles of Pakistan’s Minority Children
In the dusty outskirts of Sindh and the narrow lanes of Punjab’s urban ghettos, countless children from Pakistan’s religious minorities rise each morning with the hope of learning, of being treated as equals. But that hope often dies before the school bell rings. For decades, Pakistan’s education system has failed its
The Silent Cries of Pakistan’s Christian Bonded Laborers
In the suffocating heat of Pakistan’s brick kilns, a silent agony unfolds every day. Men, women, and even children toil endlessly under a scorching sun, their bodies exhausted, their spirits crushed. These are not merely workers; they are prisoners of an unrelenting system of bonded labor—one that shackles generations of marginalized
Christian Man in Pakistan Arrested Amid Rising Blasphemy Accusations
The streets of Ward No. 12 in Kahna, Lahore, were eerily silent on the evening of November 3rd. Homes stood abandoned, doors locked, and windows shuttered. A deep, pervasive fear had gripped the Christian community after news broke that Zafar Iqbal, a local Christian man, had been accused of blasphemy—a charge
Coerced, Converted, Abused: The Price of Being Christian and Female in Pakistan
In the narrow alleyways of Pakistan’s villages and towns, behind closed doors and muffled cries, unfolds a heartbreaking saga of silence. It is the story of women like Shahida Bibi—fragile, unseen, and unheard—whose lives have been shaped not by choice, but by coercion, cruelty, and a society that continues to look
From Captivity to Freedom: How Shahida Bibi’s Legal Victory Exposes Pakistan’s Failures
In a moment that should have been a turning point for justice, the legal victory for Shahida Bibi—a young Christian woman who was forced into an Islamic marriage after being coerced to convert—raises an uncomfortable question about Pakistan’s failure to protect its most vulnerable citizens: why was it allowed to happen
Pakistan’s Independence Day Marred by Extremism: Ahmadi Mosques Torched in Faisalabad
On the very day Pakistan celebrated its 78th Independence Day, extremists turned the country’s streets into battlegrounds of hate. In Faisalabad’s Dijikot, two Ahmadiyya places of worship were set ablaze by a mob led by Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) leaders—an ugly reminder that in Pakistan, religious freedom remains an illusion. According to