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Misuse of the Blasphemy Law and Religious Minorities in Pakistan

By HRDI India September 17, 2022Pakistan, Rights of MinoritiesNo Comments

Blasphemy Law in Pakistan: Historical Perspectives and Disastrous Effects The state of Pakistan was formed on August 14, 1947 as a division of India on democratic lines, recognizing the religious…

Religious Minorities in Pakistan

By HRDI India September 17, 2022Pakistan, Rights of MinoritiesNo Comments

Politics of pluralism Pakistan is an immensely plural country characterized by religious, sectarian and ethno-linguistic diversities. It is an overwhelmingly Muslim community with more than 90 per cent of its…

Hindus in Pakistan A survey of Human Rights, 2020

By HRDI India September 17, 2022Pakistan, Rights of MinoritiesNo Comments

Human rights and religious freedom conditions continued to deteriorate at an unprecedented rate in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan during 2019 - 2020. Pakistan’s widespread violation of human rights and…

PAKISTAN: THE SITUATION OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES

By HRDI India September 17, 2022Pakistan, Rights of MinoritiesNo Comments

Introduction Pakistan is a country of approximately 172 million people, of whom around 95-96 percent areMuslims, comprising roughly 80 percent Sunni and 20 percent Shia. For the purposes of thisreport…

Persecution and Discrimination of Hindus in Pakistan

By HRDI India September 17, 2022Pakistan, Rights of MinoritiesNo Comments

Under the unrelenting persecution and hate it is no surprise that Pakistan’s Hindu and Sikh minorities are fast disappearing with India being the favoured destination for the refugees with large…

By HRDI India September 17, 2022Pakistan, Rights of MinoritiesNo Comments

Abstract Religious minorities, including Christians, are facing severe discriminations in numerous Muslim-majority countries. Yet in no country are Christians so systematically - and institutionally - persecuted and victimised as in…

Forced Conversions & Forced Marriages In Sindh, Pakistan

By HRDI India September 16, 2022Pakistan, Rights of MinoritiesNo Comments

Executive Summary It has been estimated that 1000 women and girls from religious minorities are abducted, forcibly converted and then married off to their abductors every year (ref The Aurat…

Forced Conversions & Forced Marriages In Sindh, Pakistan

By HRDI India September 16, 2022Pakistan, Rights of MinoritiesNo Comments

Executive Summary It has been estimated that 1000 women and girls from religious minorities are abducted, forcibly converted and then married off to their abductors every year (ref The Aurat…

Minorities under attack: Faith-based discrimination and violence in Pakistan

By HRDI India September 16, 2022Hindu Refugees from Pakistan, PakistanNo Comments

1. IntroductionFollowing growing incidents of violence, intolerance and discrimination towards members ofreligious and sectarian minority communities across Pakistan, the Human Rights Commissionof Pakistan (HRCP) convened the Working Group…

Persecution and Discrimination of Hindus in Pakistan

By HRDI India September 16, 2022Latest NewsNo Comments

I think it important to harken back to the very foundation of Pakistan, and in doing so recall the words of the nation’s founder and first governor-general, Muhammad Ali Jinnah.…