Tag: minority

PTI’s NA tally reaches 158 after getting 28 women, five minority...

PML-N receives 16 women, two minority seats whereas PPP will have nine women and two minority seats ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)...

Ahmadis to boycott general election

LAHORE: The Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan has dissociated itself from the upcoming general election 2018. In a press statement, Ahmaddiya community’s spokesman Saleemuddin said though the...

PML-N’s five-time minority MPA Peter Gill joins PTI

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) minority MPA from Lahore Peter Gill on Sunday quit his party and announced to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Peter Gill along...

Lawmakers call for security of worship places of minorities

Interior ministry unaware of whereabouts of first national flag Lawmakers on Monday demanded security for worship places of minorities in wake of the Quetta...

Increase in direct representation of non-Muslims demanded from parliament

KARACHI: Participants of a seminar organised under the aegis of Aurat Foundation here on Wednesday recommended a sizable increase in the number of parliamentary seats...

Islamic Solidarity Council opposes assembly’s minority protection bill

Islamic Solidarity Council, a recently revived alliance of different politico-religious parties, in its cabinet meeting rejected Sindh Assembly’s adopted Criminal Law Protection of Minority...