Tag: persecution

Urges world to take action against human rights violation in Myanmar LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that the persecution of Rohingya Muslims...

ISLAMABAD: Former President of Pakistan and head of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari has condemned the atrocities against Rohingya Muslims as...

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister (FM) Khawaja Muhammad Asif has expressed deep anguish at the ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslims, who are a minority in Myanmar....

Malala also criticised Aung San Suu Kyi — the incumbent State Counsellor of Myanmar and a fellow Nobel laureate — for turning a blind eye to the atrocity.

The army says it is conducting clearance operations against "extremist terrorists" and security forces have been told to protect civilians. But Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh say a campaign of arson and killings aims to force them out.

A 50-year-old Ahmadi homeopathic doctor was shot dead in his clinic in the Abul Hasan Isphani area of the metropolis on Monday.

Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Vice President Senator Sherry Rehman has condemned the recently reported beating and torturing of a Christian ice-cream vendor by a...

Minorities affairs minister tells Punjab Assembly ‘fake’ pastors involved in issuing marriage and death certificates will be brought to book Punjab Minister for Human Rights...

Several people belonging to the Shia community have been killed in targeted attacks as sectarianism rears its ugly head in Pakistan again.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in its 'State of Human Rights in 2015 report' found that anti-state violence in Pakistan over the past...

A Chinese court has sentenced a Christian pastor to 14 years in jail for embezzlement and other charges, a court official confirmed Monday, after...

A tiny Indonesian province has banned the minority Ahmadiyah community from conducting religious activities, a move activists say raises concerns over intolerance in the...

Hundreds gathered outside Lahore's Hafeez Centre on Monday in protest over the arrest of a man charged with spreading religious hatred under the National...

The violent riots ensued after rumours circulated late on Friday that a worker at the chipboard factory had allegedly desecrated the Holy Quran.

“Our children don’t feel welcome in schools there. Muslims taunt us for being Hindu. Our girls are also sexually harassed,” Das, a Pakistani Hindu, told BBC

Mithu is allegedly instrumental in persecution of Hindus, especially forced conversion of Hindu girls

Gunmen on motorcycles shot dead a 37-year-old pharmacy owner from the Ahmadi community in Taunsa, police said on Thursday. It is the latest attack...