In a glaring display of Pakistan’s systemic failure and deep-rooted sectarian bias, Additional District and Sessions Judge Farrukh Hameed has acquitted all seven accused in the brutal murders of three members of the Ahmadiyya community—victims of cold-blooded sectarian violence in 2019 and 2021. This verdict is not just a miscarriage of […]
Fear clung to the two elderly men in the grainy video, their cuffed and chained hands a heart-wrenching symbol of helplessness. Around them, a hostile crowd roared slogans about the “finality of Prophethood,” their voices heavy with intolerance and anger. Men in black coats—the familiar uniform of Pakistan’s legal profession—stood not […]
In the heart of Pakistan, where minarets rise against the sky and the call to prayer echoes with hope, an unsettling silence hangs heavy—one built not from peace, but from fear. In 2024, a record-shattering 344 blasphemy cases were registered across the country, according to the Annual Human Rights Observer by […]