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Pakistan’s Religious Minorities and the Failure of Protection
During the first half of 2026, religious minorities in Pakistan continued to face blasphemy accusations, targeted violence and alleged forced conversions. The cases described in the supplied USCIRF account highlight the human consequences of discriminatory laws, weak accountability and inadequate state protection. Behind each case stands a person or family whose
Binndiya Kumari’s Case Exposes Pakistan’s Failure to Protect Minority Girls
Fourteen-year-old Bindiya Kumari should be sitting in a classroom, not at the centre of allegations of abduction, forced conversion and child marriage. Her case puts Pakistan’s promises of minority protection against a painful reality: a family is pleading for help while lawmakers question why authorities have failed to act. Minority representatives
Maria Shahbaz’s Case Shows Pakistan’s Failure to Protect Minority Girls
A Christian family seeking the return of their daughter faces another delay. On October 21, Pakistan’s Federal Constitutional Court postponed a hearing because officials said they could not deliver a court notice to the accused man due to an “incomplete residential address.” Sheharyar Ahmad faces accusations of abducting Maria Shahbaz in
Pakistan’s Children Need Protection, Not More Promises
A child’s home should offer safety. When it becomes a place of abuse, the failure reaches far beyond its walls. It exposes a society that struggles to protect its youngest members and institutions that too often respond only after harm has occurred. According to the figures attributed to child-rights organisation Sahil,
Pakistan’s Anti-Rape Law: Survivors Still Wait for Justice
In December 2021, Pakistan passed a law to improve the investigation and trial of rape cases. It promised special courts, trained investigators, support centres and trials that should preferably finish within four months. Nearly five years later, many survivors still wait for justice. Government records show that the four provinces registered
Pakistan’s Minorities Still Face Rights Violations Despite New Protective Laws: HRCP
Pakistan’s religious minorities do not want favours. They want safety, dignity and equal rights. But the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) says that, even after new laws, minorities still face blasphemy accusations, mob attacks, forced marriages, forced conversions and daily discrimination. This is not only a report. It is a
Pakistan’s 237,216 Reported Crimes Against Women: A Crisis Hidden by Silence
Pakistan recorded 237,216 reported crimes against women and girls between 2021 and 2025, according to the Peace & Justice Network’s National Gender-Based Violence Crime Report. Yet this number is not the full measure of national shame. It is only what reached a police station before fear, distance, stigma, or institutional indifference
Pakistan: Mob Burns Christian Man’s Home as Families Flee
A mob burned a Christian man’s home and small pharmacy in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday, October 9, after accusations that he shared blasphemous material online. More than 35 Christian families fled the village because they feared further attacks. The violence left a community afraid to remain in its homes. The
Invisible Citizens: Pakistan’s Religious Minorities and the Failure of Equal Protection in 2025
Pakistan’s religious minorities continued to face violence, discrimination and persecution in 2025, according to the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), a human rights body of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference. Its Human Rights Monitor 2026 presents a deeply troubling picture. Christians were targeted by blasphemy accusations, while minority women
Lahore’s Rape Crisis: A Justice System That Counts Cases But Convicts No One
Lahore is bleeding in silence. In just eight months of 2026, police records show 498 reported rape cases and 36 gang-rape cases—more than four reported sexual offences every single day. These are not abstract numbers. They are daughters, sisters, mothers, and neighbours whose lives have been shattered, often inside the very
Laws ignored, girls abandoned: UN rapporteurs condemn Pakistan’s failure to stop forced conversions and child marriage
On October 1, 2026, three UN special rapporteurs delivered a stark warning to Pakistan at a Human Rights Council side‑event in Geneva: laws on paper mean nothing when courts, police and prosecutors look away. Their words came as families of abducted girls played video testimonies from dark rooms, begging for help
Christian Man Beaten After Blasphemy Accusation in Lahore
Before a court could hear the evidence against Samuel Arif, a crowd had already beaten him. The 26-year-old Christian man from Lahore is now in jail, accused of blasphemy. His family says the charge is false. Whatever the complaint’s merits, the attack on him demands scrutiny in its own right. Police
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Eighty-Five Women a Day: Punjab’s Emergency of Violence and Silence
Every single day in Punjab, an average of 85 women wake up not knowing if they will make it through the day without being assaulted, harassed, or violated. In just the first six months of 2025, more than 15,000 cases of violence and harassment against women were reported across the province.
European Parliament Condemns Pakistan’s Failure to Protect Minority Girls
The European Parliament’s condemnation of forced conversions and child marriages in Pakistan deserves recognition. At a time when many choose silence, this resolution sends a clear message: the suffering of vulnerable children cannot be ignored. For families like that of 13-year-old Maria Shahbaz, this international attention offers a rare sense of
Stolen Homes, Silenced Voices: Intimidation of Pakistan’s Christian Minority
It is hard to stay silent when injustice is so deliberate, so cruel, and so shamelessly cloaked in the misuse of religion. Once again, in Gujranwala, a Christian family has been robbed not only of their home but of their dignity — and the world looks on as fear replaces faith
When Accusation Becomes Punishment: The Growing Crisis of Blasphemy Cases in Pakistan
The registration of 333 blasphemy cases across Pakistan in the last five years is not just another statistic—it points to a deeper and more troubling reality. It shows how law, religion, and personal disputes have become dangerously mixed, creating a system that is open to misuse. Punjab reports the highest number
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
Pakistan Cashes In On EU Trade Perks, While Its Religious Minorities Pay the Price
Pakistan is cashing in on the EU’s GSP+ trade concessions while it fails to honour the core human rights and governance obligations that justify those benefits. Atrocities, discrimination and violence continue at home, yet Pakistan still presents itself as a compliant partner on paper. Since 2014, Pakistan has relied on the
The Taunsa Tragedy: Inside Pakistan’s Child HIV Crisis
A chilling investigation by BBC World Service has cast a harsh light on a tragedy that continues to unfold in silence — one where the most vulnerable, children, may have paid the price for systemic failure. The documentary Stolen Lives: Who Gave Our Children HIV? lays bare allegations of grave malpractice
“They Destroyed My Life”: A Christian Survivor’s Fight for Justice in Punjab
A 25-year-old Christian woman lies in a hospital bed in Punjab, fighting not only for her health but for a sense of dignity that was violently taken from her. Her body bears the marks of an assault that should never have happened; her voice, though weak, carries a quiet but unwavering
How Many More Children Must Suffer? Pakistan’s Repeated Failure to Protect Its Most Vulnerable
Another week, another series of horrifying headlines. Children tortured, raped, and killed — many inside institutions meant to protect them. The recent spate of abuse cases in Punjab is not an anomaly. It is a reflection of a system that continues to fail its children, again and again. On June 28,