Latest Updates
When the State Decides Your Faith: The Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan
In Pakistan, the situation of the Ahmadiyya community is often described by human rights observers as one of the most restrictive religious frameworks in the modern world. At the centre of it lies something unusual and deeply consequential: laws that not only regulate behaviour, but also decide who is legally recognised
Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law: Where Accusation Becomes a Death Sentence and Mob Violence Replaces Justice
Pakistan’s blasphemy law, especially Section 295-C, is no longer just a law written in books. For many people, it has become a weapon of fear, silence, and death. What was once presented as a way to protect religious sentiments has, over the years, turned into one of the darkest tools of
Gulaan’s Story: From Survival to Honor Killing
She had already survived once. That should have meant something. Gulaan Buharo, a young mother of two, had done what many women are never able to do—she spoke up. She ran from violence. She sought protection. She told the truth, not just to her family, but before a court of law.
A Crisis Normalized: Pakistan’s Escalating Persecution of Religious Minorities and the Global Failure to Respond
The steady escalation of persecution against religious minorities in Pakistan is no longer a quiet crisis—it is a glaring indictment of both national failure and global indifference. Year after year, reports repeat the same grim pattern: targeted violence, systemic discrimination, and a justice system that too often turns away from those
105,000 Cases, Thousands Untraced: The Hidden Crisis Facing Women in Punjab
A deeply troubling picture has emerged from Punjab, where newly submitted data to the Lahore High Court reveals the scale of women-related cases between 2021 and 2025. During this period, 105,571 cases were registered—an average of more than 21,000 each year, nearly 1,750 every month, and around 60 cases every single
UN Experts Sound Alarm on Forced Conversions of Girls in Pakistan
The voices of young girls rarely reach the world. They are often silenced behind closed doors, buried under fear, pressure, and power structures they cannot fight. Today, however, those voices echoed through a warning from UN experts—one that the world cannot afford to ignore. Across parts of Pakistan, a deeply troubling
A Nation Failing Its Women: Rising Violence, Vanishing Justice in Pakistan
Pakistan’s crisis of violence against women is often reduced to numbers—but behind every statistic is a life interrupted, a voice silenced, and a story that never received justice. The data is important, but it does not fully capture the fear, the grief, and the quiet suffering that define this reality. Still,
More Than 2,100 Children Infected with HIV in Pakistan as Preventable Failures Persist
Behind every number is a child whose life has been permanently altered — and in many cases, unnecessarily so. Between January 2025 and March 2026, at least 2,108 children across Pakistan were registered as HIV positive, according to official data compiled by federal and provincial HIV control authorities. Among them were
Playlist
Special Cases
Gilgit-Baltistan: The Silent Suffering of Shia Minorities Under Military Occupation
In the serene valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan, where snow-capped peaks meet flowing rivers, a tragic reality has persisted for over seven decades—one that remains largely invisible to the world. The Shia communities here, once the majority, live under the shadow of fear, oppression, and systematic violence orchestrated by the Pakistani military and
Faith in the Shadows: The Quiet Burden of Being Christian in Pakistan
In many parts of Pakistan, faith is something Christians carry quietly—sometimes in prayer, sometimes in fear. They are a small community in a country of nearly 250 million people. According to recent findings from the World Watch List 2026country dossier, about 4.7 million Christians live in Pakistan, making up less than
When Justice Fails: The Abduction and Forced Conversion of Elishba Adnan
On June 11, 2025, a heartbreaking tragedy struck the Masih family in Burewala, Punjab, when their 14-year-old daughter, Elishba Adnan, was abducted from their home. Elishba, a young girl from a Christian family, was taken by 26-year-old Babar Mukhtar, a man with known connections to the family. What followed was a
Bahawalpur Attack Exposes Religious Discrimination Against Christian Workers
A Christian worker narrowly escaped a horrific attack in Bahawalpur, Punjab, emphasizing the dangers and challenges faced by religious minorities in Pakistan. The incident underscores the urgent need for comprehensive protection mechanisms to guard against religiously motivated violence. On January 21, 2026, Zahid Masih, a married Christian man employed as a
When a Father’s Pride Kills: Another Honor Crime in Quetta
On the morning of July 23, a home in Quetta’s Kechi Baig turned into a scene of unbearable grief. A father raised a gun—not in defence, not in fear—but in the cold assertion of ‘honor’. He shot dead his daughter and nephew as they sat within the sanctuary of their maternal
When Being Ahmadi Becomes a Crime in Pakistan
Fear clung to the two elderly men in the grainy video, their cuffed and chained hands a heart-wrenching symbol of helplessness. Around them, a hostile crowd roared slogans about the “finality of Prophethood,” their voices heavy with intolerance and anger. Men in black coats—the familiar uniform of Pakistan’s legal profession—stood not