On August 19, 2021, during Ashura, a significant day of mourning, nine-year-old Priya Kumari vanished. Moments before her potential abduction, she was joyfully assisting her father—a Hindu who embraces the syncretic traditions and annually operates a sabeel during Muharram in Sanghar, a small town near Sukkur—by distributing sherbet to the mourners. […]
On Thursday, April 11, U.N. Human Rights experts issued a call for Pakistan to implement legal reforms in response to the ongoing vulnerability of women and girls from minority faiths to forced marriages and religious conversions. The U.N. special rapporteurs urged Pakistan to increase the legal marriage age for girls to […]
As the Hindu community of Abbottabad celebrated Holi at the local temple, Darshan Laal, aged 60, and his family find themselves in a poignant situation. “We will observe the rituals within our household,” states Imma Darshan, his spouse, highlighting the family’s detachment from communal festivities. Historically, the family actively participated in […]