Tag: Minority rights
Rights Watch | 1st July 2022
The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), along with the Hindu community and civil society organizations held a protest against the June 28 abduction of an eight-year-old son of a Hindu trader and non-cooperation of police in registering a case.
Police bars PTI from holding jalsa on church ground
Usman Dar, a leader of Pakistan Tehrik Insaf, was detained by police for several hours along with party workers in Sialkot over attempting to hold a public gathering on a church school ground despite protests by the local Christian community.
Rights Watch | 19th April 2022
New Multan Police managed to arrest the prime suspect involved in the rape and murder of a seven year old boy within 24 hours of the complaint being lodged. Suspect Jahanzeb confessed that he wanted to exact revenge against the victim's father.
No solid leads in target killing of Christian pastor
While no organisation has yet claimed responsibility for the killing of Father William Siraj just two days prior to World #nterfaith Harmony Week, the police have a tough case to investigate
Seventh man becomes victim to Anti ahmadi violence since August 2020
An Ahmadi man Kamran Ahmad has been shot and killed by unknown assailants in Peshawar on Nov 9
Rights Watch | 9th November 2021
A group of women hailing from Balochistan’s Zhob district staged a sit-in outside the Chief Minister House on Monday to protest police highhandedness against a woman.
Rights Watch | 14th October 2021
Civil Lines Police on Tuesday busted a gang of pedophiles and rescued a captive minor boy.
Minority Stakeholders demand, the Government to Protect Minorities’ Communal Properties and Places of Worships
In March 2021, in the backdrop of complaints, the Supreme Court of Pakistan directed a forensic audit of the communal properties managed by the Evacuee Trust Property Board that originally belonged to Hindus and Sikh communities.
Augustine Jacob becomes first KP activist to receive SP Singha Award
Christian activist and SP Singha Award recipient Augustine Jacob talks to Voicepk.net about his work and how he hopes rights activism in Pakistan can evolve.
The never-ending plight of Dalits
More than 15,000 Dalits are dwelling in Karachi’s dilapidated, ramshackle houses in the Hindu Para locality of Chaneser Goth.
