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Stabbed in His Sleep: The Killing of a Christian Man in Pakistan
The silence of the night was shattered by violence that had left a family broken and a community shaken. Imran Masih, a railway employee and the sole provider for his loved ones, was brutally killed inside his own home on the night of May 30. As he slept, unaware of the
Pakistan’s Ahmadis Face Escalating Pressure Before Eid
As Eid-ul-Azha approaches, a time meant to embody sacrifice, compassion, and faith, a very different reality is unfolding for Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya community. Instead of preparation and prayer, many are bracing for fear. Despite Amnesty International raising urgent alarm over escalating violence and discrimination, the threats have not subsided. They have intensified.
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
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Against All Odds: A Pakistani Mother Wins Her Fight for the Right to Believe
For fifteen long years, a woman in Pakistan—whose name remains hidden for her safety—lived in the shadows of a bureaucratic refusal and societal hostility, all because she chose to follow her heart and her conscience. In January 2009, she embraced Christianity of her own free will and, four months later, married
Murdered for Faith: How Pakistan’s Government Fails to Protect Its Christian Minorities
In a harrowing incident that has left the Christian community in shock, 32-year-old Asif Raza, an unmarried Christian man from Munwar Town Bhatta, Daniwal, District Vehari, Punjab, was brutally murdered in an attack by a Muslim extremist group. Asif, who had been engaged and was eagerly preparing for marriage, met a
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
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
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
From Classroom to Captivity: A 13-Year-Old Christian Girl’s Alleged Forced Conversion and Marriage
In a small village of Chak No. 47/12-L in Tehsil Chichawatni, District Sahiwal, a family already living on the edge of hardship says their world has been torn apart in the most frightening way imaginable. A 13-year-old Christian girl — a sixth-grade student — was allegedly abducted and then forced into