In a significant development, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday directed the government to submit its response on the issue of forced conversion and forced marriage of underage minority girls, as criticism grows over the protection of religious minorities in the country. A two-judge bench comprising Justice Syed Mansoor Ali […]
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday said it suspected that the Jaranwala rioters were not a “spontaneous or random crowd”, but a part of a “larger campaign of hatred against local Christians”. On August 16, a violent mob of hundreds ransacked and torched nearly two dozen churches, attacked […]
Child rights organisation ‘Sahil’ has claimed that at least 12 children are sexually abused each day in Pakistan, while at least 2,227 cases of child abuse were reported in the first six months of 2023. According to Sahil’s “Cruel Numbers” report, sourced primarily from newspapers and direct reporting, the first half […]