ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Sunday that his government was driven by the vision of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in protecting the rights of the minorities. In his message on the Minorities Day being observed on Aug 11, he said that observance of the day was an occasion to recognise the distinguished role […]
ISLAMABAD: Civil society organisations and citizens staged a protest on Sunday in front of the National Press Club against four recent incidents in which minorities were killed. A mob in Gujranwala killed a woman and two children of the Ahmadi community on July 27. The next day, two boys belonging to Hazara Shia community were […]
The Supreme Court is often accused of being an institution that goes beyond its remit in adjudicating the case. That it often has to do so says more about the lack of governance in the country than power lust on the part of the judges. If we had a government that did its job, the […]
The rights — or rather the lack of them — of the small but diverse groups of religious minorities in Pakistan has once again come to the attention of the Supreme Court (SC). On June 4, the apex court inquired whether provincial and federal authorities were formulating any legislation to ensure the representation of minorities […]
Intimidation and threats faced by the minority Ahmadiyya religious community from extremist groups often take a violent turn. On May 26, a cardiac surgeon Dr Mehdi Ali, who happened to be a member of the Ahmadiyya community, was shot dead in Chenab Nagar allegedly because of his faith. Reports say the doctor was on his […]
ISLAMABAD: In a rare show of unity, members of the lower house rose above partisanship and passed a unanimous resolution asking the government to take steps on a “priority basis” to safeguard the holy places of minorities. The multi-party backed resolution, which also demanded the deployment of special security personnel at minorities’ places of worship, […]
KARACHI: The All Hindu Rights Organisation (AHRO) has asked the Sindh government to provide security to the Hindu community living across the province, warning that protests would be launched across the country otherwise. While speaking at a press conference held at Karachi Press Club on Sunday, AHRO general-secretary Prof Manohar Lal Jesrani said that it […]
ISLAMABAD: Canada stepped in this week to tell the Nawaz Sharif government that it should take “swift” and “unerring” steps to ensure that terrorists cease attacks on Pakistan’s religious and ethnic communities. It is no secret that of late every province in the country has seen a rise in these unjustified attacks on Pakistani citizens […]
ISLAMABAD: There is a dire need to acknowledge the problems being faced by Hindus so they can be resolved, said Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, patron in-chief, of the Pakistan Hindu Council. Vankwani, said that among minorities, the Hindu community is the worst-affected in the country and it is important to resolve their problems. He highlighted […]
HYDERABAD: Speakers at a seminar stressed the need for elimination of term ‘minority’ so that about 10 million people in the country belonging to the Hindu, Christian, Sikh and Ahmedi communities could get equal rights. Their rights were usurped when they were included in minorities, adding that they were Pakistanis and must be treated as […]
LAHORE: In its preliminary report after a fact-finding mission to the Joseph Colony in Badami Bagh, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has held the police and the provincial administration squarely responsible for the attack on Christian homes earlier this week. The mission’s purpose was to “present facts — regarding the incident of violence […]
Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: After waiting and seeing that no government official has taken the issue of alleged rape of a six-year-old Hindu girl in Sindh seriously, the Adviser to the Prime Minister on Human Rights has tried to shake the conscience of the rulers who are duty-bound to give protection to each citizen irrespective of […]
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