On January 9, in the Korpur area of Sialkot, Punjab Province, Pakistan, 14-year-old Saneha Sharif, a Christian girl, was abducted from outside her home. Her father, Sharif Masih, lives with an unbearable fear that her abductors—five individuals, including two women—may forcibly convert her to Islam and marry her off to one […]
Forced conversions have long been a dark and painful reality in Pakistan, casting a shadow over the lives of religious minorities. Every year, countless young girls, particularly from Christian and Hindu communities, are abducted, coerced into converting to Islam, and often forced into marriages with much older men. The scale of […]
The youth of Pakistan, often celebrated as the torchbearers of the nation’s future, are trapped in a cycle of despair and deprivation. Their dreams are shackled by crushing poverty and the glaring absence of educational opportunities. UNICEF’s heartbreaking statistics reveal that 22.8 million children, aged 5 to 16, are out of […]