Tag: Minorities
Persecuted Ahmadis from Pakistan seek refuge in China
Fleeing discrimination and violence, Ahmadis have abandoned their homes in Pakistan to find an unlikely refuge in China.
“Every day I heard the sound of...
Christian MPA Balochistan murdered by personal guard
National Party member and MPA Balochistan Assembly Hendery Masih was killed on Saturday in an attack in Quetta, a private news channel reported.
According to...
NA resolution calls for protection of minorities’ holy sites
Lawmakers in the National Assembly showed a united front on Thursday when they unanimously passed a resolution requesting the government to take measures on...
Hindus, other minorities face surge of violence in Pakistan
All of Pakistan's minorities — Hindus, Christians, Ahmadis and even Shia Muslims — feel that the state fails to protect them, and even tolerates...
Hindus, other minorities face surge of violence in Pakistan
All of Pakistan's minorities — Hindus, Christians, Ahmadis and even Shia Muslims — feel that the state fails to protect them, and even tolerates...
Terrorism forcing minorities to settle abroad
PESHAWAR
The ongoing terrorism has forced a large number of Christians, Sikhs and Hindus to settle abroad.
In recently held workshops and seminars in Peshawar, representatives...
Liquor haraam! But what about liquor money?
SC moved for issuing orders to spend income generated out of tax on liquor for welfare of minorities
Inclusion of income generated out of tax...
Mamnoon feels for minorities
President Mamnoon Hussain on Wednesday reiterated firm resolve of the democratic government to protect and uphold the rights and privileges of minority community as...
KP CM increases job quota for minorities
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak on Wednesday approved three percent quota in the government departments for minorities.
This is the second time the CM...
Minorities worse off in Pakistan: US report
Releasing the findings of its Pakistan Religious Violence Project on Thursday, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said it had tracked 203...
Work on human rights and minority affairs shelved by Punjab budget
The 2013-14 provincial budget for Punjab has brought no reprieve for minorities and those suffering human rights abuses in the province. The newly elected...
‘5% minority quota in university recruitment a must’
Punjab Ombudsman Javed Mehmood has termed the ignoring of five percent quota allocated for minorities during the recruitments in Sargodha University as serious maladministration.
Mehmood...
Govt urged to mainstream religious minorities in the country
Politicians, social workers and members of religious minority groups of Sindh and their leaders have expressed grave concern over the discriminatory attitudes by the...
Minorities under attack: Ahmadi family tortured by mob
In a continuing vicious cycle of attacks on minorities, local clerics on Tuesday attacked a house belonging to an Ahmadi family in Kasur district.According...
US tells Pakistan to secure religious minorities
Condemning a series of terror attacks this week targeting Shia Muslims, a US Congress-established body on religious freedom on Friday asked the Obama administration...
Gas tariff increase for mosques, minorities’ worship places withdrawn: Elahi
Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi said on Tuesday that it has been decided to withdraw...
FIA TASKED WITH STOPPING ‘FLIGHT OF MINORITIES’
In a bid to take strict action against migration of people belonging to various minority groups to other countries, the ministry of interior has...
