Latest Updates
Invisible Wounds: New Data Reveals the True Scale of Abuse Against Children in Pakistan
A new national factsheet on violence against children (VAC) has sent a chilling reminder of how unsafe childhood remains across Pakistan. Covering the first six months of 2025, the document doesn’t just present numbers — it exposes a system that repeatedly fails to see, protect and deliver justice for its youngest
When the Classroom Demands Conversion: Mirpur Sakro’s Daughters Speak Out
Every morning in Mirpur Sakro, in Sindh’s Thatta district, a group of young Hindu girls once walked to school with simple dreams. They wanted what any ninth grader wants: to pass their exams, make their parents proud, maybe become teachers, doctors, or officers one day. Their school — Government Girls’ High
“We Are Not Safe Anywhere”: Inside a Quarter of Relentless Persecution of Pakistan’s Ahmadis (July–September 2025)
In the small village of Piro Chak in District Sialkot, mourners gathered in September to lay 55-year-old Qudsia Tabassum to rest. Her family had already endured two years of disputes over the right to use the local cemetery. This time, they hoped the authorities’ assurances would hold. Instead, a crowd formed
Recorded, Not Protected: Islamabad’s Alarming Zero-Conviction Crisis on Violence Against Women (Jan–Jun 2025)
In Islamabad, the numbers do not lie—they accuse. Between January and June 2025, 373 cases of violence against women were reported in the federal capital. Not a single one resulted in a conviction. Not for rape. Not for kidnapping. Not for physical abuse. Not for harassment, cybercrime, or even honour killings.
A Christian in Chains: The Tragic Story of Rasheed Masih and Pakistan’s Unseen Battle with Justice and Compassion
On the humid morning of August 6, police arrived at a small home in Hujra Shah Muqeem, Okara District, Punjab. Inside lived Rasheed Masih, a 48-year-old Christian father battling severe depression. Within hours, he was in handcuffs — accused of blasphemy, terrorism, and sedition. His arrest, a chilling symbol of how
“He Can’t Even See Their Faces”: A Blind Christian, a Mother’s Plea, and the Cruel Machinery of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws
On the morning of August 21, a 49-year-old man felt for the edges of a battered weighing scale, the way he did every day, and made his way toward Model Town Park in Lahore. Blind since childhood, Nadeem Masih had found a modest way to live with dignity—charging petty merchants a
When Faith Becomes a Target: The Silent Struggle of Pakistan’s Christian Church Planters
In recent years, the quiet resilience of Pakistan’s Christian community has been met with growing hostility. Among the most vulnerable are those who dare to plant new churches—places meant to be sanctuaries of faith and hope, but which too often become flashpoints of persecution. The latest heartbreak comes from Essa Nagri
“We Will Kill the Children”: Fresh Threats Expose the Fragility of Ahmadi Life in Pakistan
In the valley of the Chenab, where faith should be shelter, fear has taken root. A day after gunmen opened fire on worshippers at the central Ahmadiyya mosque, Bait-ul-Mahdi, in Rabwah—killing one attacker while three fled—previously undisclosed threats against Ahmadi schools have come to light. Together they sketch a chilling truth:
Playlist
Special Cases
The Dark Reality: A Society Failing Its Women
Every day, another story breaks—a young woman deceived, betrayed, and brutalized in a land that once prided itself on purity and honor. Each headline bleeds with the same painful narrative, a cycle of despair that refuses to break. The rising number of rape incidents is not just a statistic; it is
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
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
The Unforgivable Theft of Innocence: A Father’s Cry for Justice
In the stillness of an ordinary evening, the world of Shafique Masih, a humble Christian painter, was shattered beyond repair. His 12-year-old daughter, Saba Shafique, was abducted from the sanctity of their home in Lahore by a man twice her age. The perpetrator, Muhammad Ali, a 35-year-old married Muslim neighbor, not
The Blood of Faith: Nadeem’s Death and the Silent Cries of Pakistan’s Minorities
There are moments in life when words seem to fail—when headlines bleed with pain too heavy to bear, and the soul of a nation trembles beneath the weight of its silence. One such moment unfolded in the city of Peshawar, where Nadeem, a Hindu man, was shot dead in cold blood—for
A Christian Mother’s Nightmare of Abduction, Rape, and Forced Conversion in Pakistan
In the quiet corridors of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) in Pakistan, a mother of three, a devoted Christian woman, went about her daily work as a cleaner, unaware that her life was about to be shattered by an unimaginable betrayal. Muhammad Asif Sadiq, a security guard at