Radesh Singh Tony survived three assassination attempts in 2018, forcing him and his family to flee their home in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar. Tony, a member of the tiny Sikh religious minority in predominately Muslim Pakistan, had run in the parliamentary elections that year on a platform of tolerance. The […]
In a heart-wrenching case that exemplifies the dire plight faced by religious minorities in Pakistan, Masheel Rasheed, a 16-year-old Christian girl, was abducted, subjected to sexual assault, forcibly converted to Islam, and married to Abdul Sattar, her abductor. Masheel Rasheed is the youngest daughter of Rasheed Masih, the sole Christian family […]
Police demolished the minarets erected atop two Ahmadi places of worship in Sheikhupura District on Saturday, the community has said. In a statement issued by the Ahmadiyya community on Sunday, the minarets atop a place of worship (Baitul Zikr) were demolished by police in Kirto area, within the remits of the […]