The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights unanimously adopted a recommendation to establish a National Coordination Committee within the Ministry of Human Rights, with representation from all provinces and police departments. This was decided after the standing committee convened on Tuesday to address critical concerns regarding the misuse of blasphemy laws […]
On Friday, September 8, a First Information Report (FIR) on blasphemy charges against a Christian couple was registered at the North Cantt police station on the complaint of Muhammad Taimur. However contradictory details have surfaced, and the police have allegedly accepted being pressured by right-wing extremists into registering the FIR. Social […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday (Aug. 29) ordered the government to respond to a petition to stop courts from allowing forced conversion and marriage of minority girls in verdicts that act as covers for child rape, sources said. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Ayesha Malik gave the […]