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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
Targeted Killing in Pakistan: Hindu Trader’s Brutal Murder Exposes Lawless Horror in Sindh
Imagine the chaos: a bustling Station Road in Sukkur, alive with the hum of daily life, suddenly shattered by gunfire. Young businessman Vishal Kumar, full of dreams and promise, was gunned down in cold blood right in front of horrified onlookers. This wasn’t a shadowy alley crime—it was a brazen execution
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
The Heartbreaking Death of Muqaddas, 14-Year-Old Christian Girl Tortured in Kidnapping Nightmare in Pakistan
A tidal wave of grief and fury has crashed over Pakistan today, as 14-year-old Muqaddas—a bright-eyed Christian girl from Sadiqabad, Punjab—breathed her last in a Karachi ICU. Her tiny body, broken by unimaginable horrors, couldn’t withstand the brutality inflicted by a ruthless cross-provincial kidnapping and trafficking ring. Muqaddas and her innocent
Christian Girl Abducted, Allegedly Forced Into Marriage in Pakistan
In a small village in Punjab’s Faisalabad Division, a father waits in quiet desperation, clinging to hope that feels thinner with each passing day. Afzal Javed Masih, a scrap collector who spends his days in Sialkot to feed his family, never imagined that the fragile security of his home would be
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Tragedy in Daska: TLP, Local Authorities Prevent Ahmadi Woman’s Burial, Exposing Growing Religious Persecution
The tragic story of Qudsia Tabassum, a woman from the Ahmadi community in Daska, Sialkot, who passed away two days ago, is an example of the deepening religious intolerance in Pakistan. Despite being deceased, her body remains in the mortuary, denied burial by the hardline elements of society—specifically, the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan
Honor at a Price: The Murder of Alia Bibi and the Cost of Freedom
On the quiet night of July 16, 2025, a young woman’s life was tragically cut short in a way that left her family broken and her community in shock. Alia Bibi, a woman in her mid-twenties, was shot dead in the courtyard of her home in Shamoni Khattak, Lakki Marwat, under
Religious Harassment of Christian Student in Gujranwala: A Wake-Up Call for Pakistan’s Schools
A deeply troubling and heartbreaking incident has come to light at the Government Elementary School in Kalar Abadi, Gujranwala, where a young Christian girl, Maryam Hidayat, has been subjected to ongoing religious harassment by her fellow students. The fourth-grader, only a child, is reportedly facing intense pressure to convert to Islam.
Behind Closed Doors: The Hidden Epidemic of Child Abuse in Pakistan
Childhood should be a time of safety, learning, and hope. Yet in Pakistan, countless children are facing a growing crisis of abuse, exploitation, and neglect. According to Sahil’s Cruel Numbers 2025 report, at least 3,630 cases of child abuse were recorded last year—a troubling 8% increase from 2024. This translates to
Only 37 Left: The Silent Ethnic Erasure of Hindu and Sikh Worship Sites in Pakistan
Pakistan loves to speak of its pluralistic past — the land where Hindu temples, Sikh gurdwaras, Sufi shrines and ancient civilizations once stood side by side. Yet behind this rhetoric lies a heartbreaking truth: out of 1,285 Hindu worship sites and 532 gurdwaras recorded on paper, only 37 remain functional today.
Targeted for Faith: The Brutal Attack on Pastor Kamran Naaz and Pakistan’s Christian Community
The horrific assassination attempt on Pastor Kamran Naaz in Iqbal Town, Islamabad, marks yet another dark chapter in the growing wave of violence targeting Pakistan’s Christian community. This brutal attack on a man of faith goes far beyond an assault on an individual; it is an overt expression of religious intolerance