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Pakistan’s Sewer Deaths Expose a Brutal Truth About Discrimination
The deaths of Christian sanitation workers in Pakistan are no longer isolated tragedies. They are part of a deadly pattern that exposes how poverty, discrimination, and official neglect continue to trap an entire community in dangerous work that many others refuse to do. In just over a month, at least six
Pakistan’s Christian Sanitation Workers Risk Everything—And Keep Dying
At least six sanitation workers—fathers, sons, and breadwinners—have died in recent weeks in Pakistan’s Punjab and Sindh provinces, their lives cut short not by accident, but by a system that continues to send them into danger unprotected. Another worker still fights for his life, a grim reminder that these tragedies are
The Price of Silence: Punjab’s Child Brides
In the fertile heart of Pakistan’s Punjab, where fields promise life and continuity, a quieter, harsher reality persists. According to the Bureau of Statistics, 15% of children here are married before they turn 18. Behind that number are not just statistics, but stolen childhoods—girls pulled from classrooms into lives they never
A Father’s Cry: Missing Teen, Forced Marriage, and a System That Failed
A quiet farming village in Pakistan’s Punjab has become the center of a family’s unending nightmare—a story marked by fear, helplessness, and a desperate search for justice. Liaqat Masih still remembers the day his world fell apart. On April 3, while he and his wife labored in the fields to provide
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
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Gunshots in the Night: Tensions Rise in Sahiwal as Ahmadiyya Man Escapes Attack
In the quiet village of 6/11-L, located in Sahiwal tehsil, an Ahmadiyya community member, Z, faced a terrifying and life-threatening ordeal on a late Saturday night. Standing outside his home, unaware of the lurking danger, Z became the target of a gun attack that could have easily claimed his life. As
Judiciary in Chains: How Pakistan’s Blasphemy Mafia Rules the Courts and the State
Pakistan’s blasphemy laws have become a tool of systematic coercion, allowing organised religious groups and their allies to intimidate judges, prosecutors, police, and politicians, effectively holding the justice system and wider state machinery hostage. This “blasphemy complex” relies on fear of mob violence, targeted killings, and economic blackmail to paralyse institutions
“We Clean Their Streets, They Spill Our Blood”: Brutal Attack on Christian Sanitation Worker Sparks Outrage in Pakistan
In the dusty lanes of Sadiqabad, a silent wound has reopened—a wound etched deep into the soul of Pakistan’s Christian sanitation workers. On a sweltering August afternoon, that wound bled again. A Christian man, barely surviving on his daily labor, was struck with a brick to the head, not for wrongdoing,
Nabeel Masih’s Fight for Life After Blasphemy Charges and Unjust Imprisonment
Nabeel Masih, just 16 years old when his life was torn apart, has endured a nightmare no child should ever have to face. Arrested falsely on charges of blasphemy in Phoolnagar, District Kasur, on 18th September 2016, Nabeel was thrust into a world of pain and injustice. A child, accused of
A Life Cut Short: The Tragic Murder of Asady and the Ongoing Struggle for Transgender Rights in Pakistan
In the heart of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), a tragic incident has once again shaken the transgender community to its core. On the night of July 8, a transgender woman named Taj Muhammad, known as ‘Asady,’ was brutally murdered in her apartment in Peshawar’s Tehkal area. Asady, a vibrant individual of around
A Cross Broken, a Bible Desecrated: How Hate Entered a Church in Kasur
Kasur didn’t just wake up to a broken building — it woke up to a broken sense of safety. Late Sunday night, Tak Memorial Church, in the village of Preme Nagar (Ganekey), near Raiwind, was vandalised in an act that feels less like “mischief” and more like a deliberate message: you