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Pakistan’s Minorities Still Face Rights Violations Despite New Protective Laws: HRCP
Pakistan’s religious minorities do not want favours. They want safety, dignity and equal rights. But the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) says that, even after new laws, minorities still face blasphemy accusations, mob attacks, forced marriages, forced conversions and daily discrimination. This is not only a report. It is a
Pakistan’s 237,216 Reported Crimes Against Women: A Crisis Hidden by Silence
Pakistan recorded 237,216 reported crimes against women and girls between 2021 and 2025, according to the Peace & Justice Network’s National Gender-Based Violence Crime Report. Yet this number is not the full measure of national shame. It is only what reached a police station before fear, distance, stigma, or institutional indifference
Pakistan: Mob Burns Christian Man’s Home as Families Flee
A mob burned a Christian man’s home and small pharmacy in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday, October 9, after accusations that he shared blasphemous material online. More than 35 Christian families fled the village because they feared further attacks. The violence left a community afraid to remain in its homes. The
Invisible Citizens: Pakistan’s Religious Minorities and the Failure of Equal Protection in 2025
Pakistan’s religious minorities continued to face violence, discrimination and persecution in 2025, according to the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), a human rights body of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference. Its Human Rights Monitor 2026 presents a deeply troubling picture. Christians were targeted by blasphemy accusations, while minority women
Lahore’s Rape Crisis: A Justice System That Counts Cases But Convicts No One
Lahore is bleeding in silence. In just eight months of 2026, police records show 498 reported rape cases and 36 gang-rape cases—more than four reported sexual offences every single day. These are not abstract numbers. They are daughters, sisters, mothers, and neighbours whose lives have been shattered, often inside the very
Laws ignored, girls abandoned: UN rapporteurs condemn Pakistan’s failure to stop forced conversions and child marriage
On October 1, 2026, three UN special rapporteurs delivered a stark warning to Pakistan at a Human Rights Council side‑event in Geneva: laws on paper mean nothing when courts, police and prosecutors look away. Their words came as families of abducted girls played video testimonies from dark rooms, begging for help
Christian Man Beaten After Blasphemy Accusation in Lahore
Before a court could hear the evidence against Samuel Arif, a crowd had already beaten him. The 26-year-old Christian man from Lahore is now in jail, accused of blasphemy. His family says the charge is false. Whatever the complaint’s merits, the attack on him demands scrutiny in its own right. Police
No Honour in Violence: Pakistan Must Stop Blaming Women
In Pakistan, a woman can be raped and still be asked what she did to cause it. She can be harassed over her clothes, location, or character. She can be murdered in the name of honour. Yet people still debate her choices instead of condemning the crime. This thinking is wrong.
Ahmadi Man Injured in Faisalabad Knife Attack Amid Rising Faith-Based Violence
An Ahmadi Muslim man was injured in a knife attack in Lathianwala, Faisalabad, on 21 September, adding to growing concern over violence against the Ahmadi community in Punjab. Hamid Javed was attacked near his home in Chak No. 194-RB at around 5:30 pm, according to a police report. He was returning
1.5 Million Pakistani Children Face Online Sexual Abuse
Nearly 1.5 million children in Pakistan experienced online sexual exploitation or abuse during a single year, according to a UNICEF report. The children were between 12 and 17 years old. This number is equal to about one in every 16 children in this age group who use the internet. The report
Bullets, Bans and Impunity: Pakistan’s Escalating Persecution of Ahmadis
On 19 September 2026, two Ahmadi Muslims—Malik Mahmood Mubarak, 70, and his son Ayaz, 40—were shot in Sargodha as they drove home. They survived. No arrests have been reported. For Ahmadi families in Punjab, survival is no longer reassurance; it is a reminder that the next attack may not miss. Sargodha:
‘We Want to Go Home’: Minor Hindu Sisters Case Reignites Fears Over Safety of Minority Girls in Sindh
The case of two minor Hindu sisters, ages 13 and 14, from Ibrahim Colony in Tando Allahyar has renewed concern over the safety of Hindu girls in Sindh. Minority families there repeatedly report fears of abduction, forced conversion and child marriage. The sisters, Roopi and Seeta, are daughters of Raamji from
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Tears and Terror: Christian Lives Shattered by a Wave of Violence in Punjab
Imagine a 17-year-old boy, Daud Masih, full of dreams and laughter, walking the dusty streets of Sheikhupura’s Bhattal village. On April 8, gunfire tore through that innocence, shot dead in broad daylight by Muhammad Junaid, who fled like a shadow. Police scramble with evidence and a manhunt, calling it a possible
Bullets, Bans and Impunity: Pakistan’s Escalating Persecution of Ahmadis
On 19 September 2026, two Ahmadi Muslims—Malik Mahmood Mubarak, 70, and his son Ayaz, 40—were shot in Sargodha as they drove home. They survived. No arrests have been reported. For Ahmadi families in Punjab, survival is no longer reassurance; it is a reminder that the next attack may not miss. Sargodha:
Child Protection on Trial: Will Pakistan’s Top Court Legitimize a Child’s Abuse or Restore Maria Shahbaz’s Right to Safety?
Pakistan stands at a moral crossroads as the Federal Constitutional Court prepares to hear the review petition in the case of 13‑year‑old Maria Shahbaz on July 24. At its heart, this is not only a legal battle over custody — it is a test of whether the country’s highest court will
Our Daughters Are Not Safe: Christian Families in Karachi Cry for Justice
Outside the Karachi Press Club on a warm Sunday afternoon, the chorus of voices grew louder — women clutching hand-painted placards, young girls standing shoulder to shoulder with elders, all united by a single plea: “Protect our daughters.” Christian organisations and rights activists had gathered in protest, expressing deep concern over
From Pooja to Dua Fatima: Exposing Sindh’s Minority Crisis
In the sweltering streets of Hyderabad, a mother’s worst nightmare unfolded, ripping apart the fragile world of a Hindu family. Pooja, a bright 9th-grade girl and beloved daughter of Ramsun Thakur, vanished without a trace—abducted, they say, by forces that prey on the powerless. Her parents’ hearts shatter as they recount
Trapped in Fear: The Silent Suffering of a Christian Family in Kasur
Amid the dusty lanes of a small village in Pakistan’s Kasur District, a cry for help has once again echoed—a cry from those who live unseen and unheard. A Christian bonded labor family, already burdened by poverty and illness, has reportedly faced brutal torture and death threats at the hands of
EU Warns Pakistan: Trade Privileges Hang on Human Rights
Pakistan’s access to the European Union’s GSP+ trade scheme is not guaranteed beyond 2029, and Islamabad now faces a blunt reality: deliver real human rights progress or lose hundreds of millions in tariff benefits. The EU ambassador, Raimundas Karoblis, made this clear in late August 2026, stressing that legal ratification of
“We Will Not Leave”: The Night the Bulldozers Came for Islamabad’s Christian Poor
Tears, prayers, and defiance filled the narrow lanes of Allama Iqbal Colony on April 13, as hundreds of Christian families stood together to protect the only homes they have ever known. For five tense hours, the residents — men, women, and frightened children — faced down bulldozers sent by the Capital
7 September 1974: When Pakistan Legally Declared Ahmadis Non-Muslims
7 September 1974 remains one of the darkest days in Pakistan’s constitutional history. On this day, Parliament, led by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, passed the Second Amendment and declared Ahmadis non-Muslims “for the purposes of the Constitution or law.” The state made a decision it should never have had the