On Thursday, April 11, U.N. Human Rights experts issued a call for Pakistan to implement legal reforms in response to the ongoing vulnerability of women and girls from minority faiths to forced marriages and religious conversions. The U.N. special rapporteurs urged Pakistan to increase the legal marriage age for girls to […]
As the Hindu community of Abbottabad celebrated Holi at the local temple, Darshan Laal, aged 60, and his family find themselves in a poignant situation. “We will observe the rituals within our household,” states Imma Darshan, his spouse, highlighting the family’s detachment from communal festivities. Historically, the family actively participated in […]
In Khyber, the commencement of a commercial infrastructure project has been initiated on the premises of a historic temple within the Landi Kotal Bazaar, after the dismantling of the Hindu sanctuary that had been deserted since the nation’s emancipation in 1947. This development unfolds amidst the district administration’s professed unawareness regarding […]