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 […]
People gathered outside the village, their eyes burning with anger. We carried the body of Dr. Shahnawaz Kandanar, hoping to lay him to rest in our land in the quiet desert. But before we could lower him into the earth, they came—furious, unrelenting. We had no choice but to flee. As […]
Salma (name changed) was just a child, only 15 when her world changed forever last summer. In the heat of the southern Sindh province of Pakistan, in the remote Dadu district, she was married off to a man twice her age. The monsoon season was on the horizon, bringing with it […]