During the first half of 2026, religious minorities in Pakistan continued to face blasphemy accusations, targeted violence and alleged forced conversions. The cases described in the supplied USCIRF account highlight the human consequences of discriminatory laws, weak accountability and inadequate state protection. Behind each case stands a person or family whose […]
Fourteen-year-old Bindiya Kumari should be sitting in a classroom, not at the centre of allegations of abduction, forced conversion and child marriage. Her case puts Pakistan’s promises of minority protection against a painful reality: a family is pleading for help while lawmakers question why authorities have failed to act. Minority representatives […]
A Christian family seeking the return of their daughter faces another delay. On October 21, Pakistan’s Federal Constitutional Court postponed a hearing because officials said they could not deliver a court notice to the accused man due to an “incomplete residential address.” Sheharyar Ahmad faces accusations of abducting Maria Shahbaz in […]