Tag: Minorities
Constitution gives equal rights to minorities: minister
Provincial Minister for Minority Affairs and Human Rights, Khalil Tahir Sandhu has said that minorities played a significant role in Pakistan movement and are...
Hindu community celebrates Holi
Hindu community celebrated the Holi festival with traditional enthusiasm in Lahore on Wednesday. Celebrations were held at Krishana Mandir on Ravi Road led by...
PPP always struggled for rights of minorities: Qaim
Sindh CM celebrates Holi at Hindu Gymkhana
Says Sindh govt committed to providing equal opportunities to minorities
Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has said that...
High on Arab Spring, West forgot that Syria was Shia-led
Just before I left Syria last month, a tall and eloquent Franco-Lebanese man walked up to me in a Damascus coffee shop and introduced...
Law committee agrees to increase reserved seats for minorities in NA,...
The Standing Committee on Law and Justice on Tuesday unanimously agreed to increase reserved seats for minorities in National Assembly as well as in...
Govt committed to welfare of minorities: President
President Mamnoon Hussain said on Tuesday that the people of Pakistan would stand guard for protection of the minorities and leave no stone unturned...
‘Green for White’: campaign for supporting minorities launched
Young members of national and provincial assemblies on Wednesday announced the launch of “Green for White” campaign in a press conference at Lahore Press...
PA denies direct elections to women, minorities and workers
Passes LG amendments, adopts three resolutions
The Punjab Assembly during the first sitting of the 17th session on Wednesday passed Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2015...
Voices raised against hate speech in education
Speakers at a seminar on Monday against hate speech termed education curriculum responsible for rising levels of hatred across the country particularly against religious...
‘Minority Rights Commission, to the assembly, now!’
Representatives of different religions have demanded of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) lawmakers to consider the final draft on Minority Rights Commission (MRC) and table it in the provincial assembly immediately.
Minorities, women detest being ‘chained’ in Punjab LG polls
Several cry out against Punjab LG (Amendment) Ordinance for taking away right of direct elections from minorities
Asher Waseem Bhatti, a candidate for the non-Muslim...
Minorities not so minor an issue for SC
Hearing a petition to evaluate the implementation of June 19 orders for minorities’ protection, a three-member Supreme Court (SC) bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Nasirul Mulk Wednesday expressed annoyance over government’s failure to ensure minorities’ rights and directed it to present a report over Hindu Marriage Act’s amendment within a week.
Wattoo urges parliament to take up Hindu Marriage Registration Bill
PPP Punjab president says well-being of minorities is cornerstone of PPP’s party policy
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Punjab President Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo has urged...
More women, minorities in US Congress than ever
The new 114th US Congress counts more minorities and women than ever, although lawmakers remain overwhelmingly white and male in the Republican-controlled House of...
‘Religious fascists’ eyeing Sindh after conquering Punjab, says Bilawal
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s said Thursday that “religous fascists” are eyeing Sindh after “conquering Punjab” and questioned the discriminatory and...
MNAs demand dual voting right for minorities, increase in reserved seats
Members of the National Assembly Tuesday demanded the allocation of division wise seats for minority representatives and grant of dual vote to them as...
Religious minorities feel left out of social, cultural mainstream: survey
Survey respondents complain about lack of effective protection accorded by the state against violence, intimidation and intolerance
The religious minorities of Pakistan believe that they...
