In December 2021, Pakistan passed a law to improve the investigation and trial of rape cases. It promised special courts, trained investigators, support centres and trials that should preferably finish within four months. Nearly five years later, many survivors still wait for justice. Government records show that the four provinces registered […]
Pakistan’s religious minorities do not want favours. They want safety, dignity and equal rights. But the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) says that, even after new laws, minorities still face blasphemy accusations, mob attacks, forced marriages, forced conversions and daily discrimination. This is not only a report. It is a […]
Pakistan recorded 237,216 reported crimes against women and girls between 2021 and 2025, according to the Peace & Justice Network’s National Gender-Based Violence Crime Report. Yet this number is not the full measure of national shame. It is only what reached a police station before fear, distance, stigma, or institutional indifference […]