Tag: Minorities
Minorities face daunting challenge in elections
ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan heads into parliamentary elections this week, the country’s minorities are looking for better representation and a voice that will speak up...
HRW urges Pakistan to repeal discriminatory laws against Ahmedis
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged the government to immediately act to allow the full and equal participation of members of the Ahmadiyya...
Minorities raise concern over non-implementation of SC’s 2014 verdict
LAHORE: The issues faced by minorities in Pakistan don't seem to end and they claim that many of the apex court decisions issued four...
USCIRF decries targeting of minorities in Pakistan
Banned outfits are targeting minorities in Pakistan, stated the annual report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
“In 2017, religious minorities in Pakistan,...
30% increase in non-Muslim voters in Pakistan
The number of non-Muslim voters in the country has climbed to 3.63 million from 2.77m registered in electoral rolls for the 2013 general elections...
Experts, academics call for abolition of minority wings in political parties
Say people should come on top irrespective of religion
LAHORE: Experts and academics on Thursday called for the abolition of minority wings in political...
Govt criticised for ignoring diversity in draft education policy: report
KARACHI: Speakers, during a conference at Karachi University, criticised the current education policy as well as the draft of National Education Policy 2017, mentioning that...
CSJ for earliest constitution of National Commission for Minorities’ Rights
LAHORE: The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) on Monday urged the Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony and the federal ministries for human...
NA body directs clubbing identical minority rights bills
Ministry of Religious Affairs to finalise a joint bill 'National Commission for Non-Muslim Pakistani’s Rights'
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Religious...
Sikh marriages to get legal status as PA likely to pass...
Minority MPA from opposition benches also assures support
LAHORE: The Sikh community of Punjab may receive good news as a bill to regularise the marriages...
Minority MPA protests FIA’s torture on Sajid Masih, demands JIT to...
PTI MPA Shunila Ruth submits adjournment motion in Punjab Assembly over Pakistan Today’s story
Treasury fails to address agenda items on second consecutive day...
Minorities play glorious role in country’s development: Jhagra
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, while addressing a Christmas ceremony at Edwards College Peshawar, on Tuesday, said that minorities are an important...
Sikh shop keeper asked to convert by civil officer in Peshawar,...
PESHAWAR: The elders from the Sikh community during a jirga with the Hangu deputy commissioner on Sunday forgave the Thall assistant commissioner for asking...
Minorities demand elections, not selections
LAHORE: Members of the minority communities including Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Ahmadis and others on Thursday demanded the government and political parties that they want elections,...
SC orders govt to ensure rights of minority groups
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the government to ensure rights of the people belonging to minority faiths.
This was decided by a three-member bench of the top...
Will stop water supply to cement factories if necessary, says CJP...
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday lamented the government’s inability to safeguard one of the Hindu community’s well-known places...
Indian Home Ministry approves long-term visas of 431 Pakistanis
NEW DELHI: As many as 431 Pakistani nationals, mostly Hindus, have been granted long-term visas by the Indian government, thus making them eligible for...
