Pakistan: Hindu homes set on fire to force them to convert to Islam
4 years, 1 month ago

Pakistan: Hindu homes set on fire to force them to convert to Islam

Op India  

Pakistani human rights activist Rahat Austin had recently shared that the homes of Hindus belonging to the highly marginalised and socio-economically backward Bheel and Meghwal community was set on fire in Pakistan. He said that one Dost Muhammad and some others simultaneously set fire to the houses of these poverty-stricken Hindus in Pakistan’s Sumar Puli, Khai, Sanghar and Sindh district. Only, last month we reported how 171 Hindu men, women and children belonging to the Bheel community were forcefully converted to Islam inside a madarsa in Pakistan’s Sindh province. Similarly, in June this year, as many as 102 Hindus were allegedly forcibly converted to Islam in the Golarchi district of Pakistan’s Sindh province.

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Sindh: Minor Hindu girl forcibly converted to Islam and married to an old Muslim man
1 month ago

Sindh: Minor Hindu girl forcibly converted to Islam and married to an old Muslim man

Op India  

On Monday, a minor Hindu girl was forced to convert to Islam and marry an elderly Muslim man in the Sanghar district in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The victim is said to be 15 years old while her new ‘husband’ is a 50-year-old Muslim man named Muhammad Bagh Ali. Following her forced conversion, the underage Hindu girl assumed the …

Hindu Girl In Pakistan Kidnapped, Forcefully Converted, Then Married To Muslim Man
1 month ago

Hindu Girl In Pakistan Kidnapped, Forcefully Converted, Then Married To Muslim Man

ABP News  

A 10-year-old Hindu girl was abducted and forcibly married to a Muslim man in Pakistan's Sindh province, but authorities managed to rescue her. According to Shiva Kachhi, president of the Pakistan Darawar Ittehad, an NGO advocating for minority rights, a 15-year-old Hindu girl was married off to a 50-year-old Muslim man in a separate case. In June this year, a …

Pakistan has different standards for minor Muslim and non-Muslim girls kidnapped for marriage
6 months, 1 week ago

Pakistan has different standards for minor Muslim and non-Muslim girls kidnapped for marriage

Op India  

The authorities in Peshawar which is in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, arrested a 72-year-old man for attempting to marry a 12-year-old girl. United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund reported that 18.9 million Pakistani girls tie the knot before they reach 18 years of age and 4.6 million get married before they turn 16. an 11-year-old girl in Rajanpur, Punjab, was …

Karachi: 15-year-old Hindu girl kidnapped, forcefully converted to Islam, married to abductor
6 months, 1 week ago

Karachi: 15-year-old Hindu girl kidnapped, forcefully converted to Islam, married to abductor

Op India  

On June 13th, a shocking case of abduction of a minor Hindu girl and her forceful marriage to a Muslim youth came to the fore from the Karachi region of Pakistan. Pakistan:A 16-year-old #Hindu girl from Karachi was kidnapped, forcibly converted to #Islam, and married off to her abductor's #Muslim youth. Recently another 14-year-old was kidnapped, converted to Islam in …

A mob in Pakistan burns down a house and beats a Christian over alleged desecration of Quran
6 months, 4 weeks ago

A mob in Pakistan burns down a house and beats a Christian over alleged desecration of Quran

Associated Press  

LAHORE, Pakistan — Hundreds of Muslims in eastern Pakistan went on a rampage over allegations that a Christian man had desecrated the pages of Islam’s holy book, ransacking and burning his house and beating him before police officers rescued the man and his father, officials said. The incident occurred Saturday in the Mujahid Colony residential area in Sargodha, a city …

Scapegoating: The Hindu Editorial on Afghan refugees in Pakistan
1 year, 1 month ago

Scapegoating: The Hindu Editorial on Afghan refugees in Pakistan

The Hindu  

The Pakistan government’s order to all undocumented migrants to leave the country by October 31 has thrown the lives of hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees in jeopardy. But Pakistan’s Interior Ministry says some 1.7 million people are staying “illegally”, a vast majority of them Afghans. Thousands are now stranded on the Afghan-Pakistan border, while others are in fear of …

Pakistan’s Ahmadis living in fear as graves, religious sites attacked
1 year, 2 months ago

Pakistan’s Ahmadis living in fear as graves, religious sites attacked

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says at least 34 attacks on Ahmadi religious sites have taken place this year. Mahmood said at least 74 graves were vandalised in Punjab’s Daska city last week while minarets of two Ahmadi places of worship were demolished near the provincial capital, Lahore. “The religious party, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, also threatened the local administration of serious …

Old tweet of Pakistan's caretaker PM saying he is waiting for all Hindus to convert to Islam goes viral
1 year, 3 months ago

Old tweet of Pakistan's caretaker PM saying he is waiting for all Hindus to convert to Islam goes viral

Op India  

Pakistan, which has a tainted history of persecuting, and discriminating against religious minorities especially the Hindus there, is currently under the rule of caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar. An old post on X of Pakistan’s caretaker PM has now gone viral wherein he said that Muslims are ready to wait for a millennium to see all Hindus get …

'Put your own house in order': India slams Pakistan at UNGA over abysmal human rights record, terrorism
1 year, 3 months ago

'Put your own house in order': India slams Pakistan at UNGA over abysmal human rights record, terrorism

India TV News  

Exercising India's Right of Reply at the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, First Secretary at UN for the second UNGA committee Petal Gehlot on Sunday lashed out at Pakistan for becoming a "habitual offender" of misusing multilateral forums to peddle "baseless and malicious" propaganda and called out the human rights abuses against minorities in the country. A …

20 churches, 86 houses belonging to Christians burnt down by mob in Pakistan: Police
1 year, 4 months ago

20 churches, 86 houses belonging to Christians burnt down by mob in Pakistan: Police

Firstpost  

Blasphemy is a sensitive issue in Pakistan, where anyone deemed to have insulted Islam or Islamic figures can face death penalty. Currently, 3,500 cops and 180 Rangers personnel are posted at Christian areas in Jaranwala Over 20 churches and 86 houses belonging to Christians were burnt down by a mob in Pakistan’s Punjab province and a total of 145 suspects …

Pakistan Riots: Faislabad Jaranwala Christian Settlement Cordoned Off 50 Houses Burnt Over Blasphemy Allegations
1 year, 4 months ago

Pakistan Riots: Faislabad Jaranwala Christian Settlement Cordoned Off 50 Houses Burnt Over Blasphemy Allegations

ABP News  

A Christian settlement in eastern Pakistan has been sealed off by paramilitary troops after a mob wreaked havoc, setting fire to multiple churches and numerous houses. According to a report by news agency Reuters, police personnel present at the scene of the incident did not intervene, prompting condemnation from community leaders and residents. These troops established cordons around the Christian …

Pakistan: Mob Attack on Christians Sparks Outrage, Raises Concerns About Protection of Minority Community
1 year, 4 months ago

Pakistan: Mob Attack on Christians Sparks Outrage, Raises Concerns About Protection of Minority Community

News 18  

After an arson and mob assault targeted a Christian community in Pakistan’s Punjab province, human rights groups are criticising the Islamic Republic for its failure to safeguard the minority community. Responding to the attack on Christian homes, Rehab Mahamoor, interim regional researcher for South Asia at Amnesty International, in a statement said: “The Pakistani authorities must urgently ensure the protection …

More than 100 arrested after Muslim mob attacks Christian churches, homes in Pakistan
1 year, 4 months ago

More than 100 arrested after Muslim mob attacks Christian churches, homes in Pakistan

LA Times  

A woman weeps outside her home, which was vandalized by an angry Muslim mob in Jaranwala, Pakistan, that attacked Christian churches and residences. Police in eastern Pakistan arrested 129 Muslims overnight after a Muslim mob angry over an alleged desecration of the Quran attacked churches and homes of minority Christians, prompting authorities to summon soldiers to restore order, officials said …

Mob burns Pakistani churches, vandalises cemetery over alleged blasphemy
1 year, 4 months ago

Mob burns Pakistani churches, vandalises cemetery over alleged blasphemy

Live Mint  

Hundreds of Muslim men set fire to churches and vandalised Christian homes during a rampage in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, after Christians were accused of blasphemy. "The crowd inflicted heavy damage on the area including to homes of Christians, and many churches," Ahad Noor, a district government official, told AFP. A mob gathered and began attacking multiple churches …

Muslim mobs attack churches in eastern Pakistan after accusing Christians of desecrating the Quran
1 year, 4 months ago

Muslim mobs attack churches in eastern Pakistan after accusing Christians of desecrating the Quran

Associated Press  

MULTAN, Pakistan — Muslims in eastern Pakistan went on a rampage Wednesday over allegations that a Christian man had desecrated the Quran, demolishing the man’s house, burning churches and damaging several other homes, police and local Christians said. Father Gulshan Barkat, who teaches church history at the National Catholic Institute of Theology in Karachi, described the blasphemy allegations as a …

CAA back in limelight as Pakistani Hindus face renewed attack
1 year, 5 months ago

CAA back in limelight as Pakistani Hindus face renewed attack

Firstpost  

Hindus in Pakistan are often treated as second-class citizens and experience systematic discrimination in various aspects of life, including housing, jobs, and access to government welfare The idea of Pakistan was founded on the Two-Nation Theory, which proposed that Hindus and Muslims in South Asia could not coexist peacefully and needed separate nations. Over time, anti-Hindu riots and discrimination further …

3 Hindu sisters in Pak's Sindh forced to marry their abductors
1 year, 5 months ago

3 Hindu sisters in Pak's Sindh forced to marry their abductors

Hindustan Times  

Three daughters of a Hindu businessman in Pakistan's Sindh province have been married to Muslim men who first kidnapped them and forcibly converted them to Islam, according to a leading minority rights group in the country. The head of Pakistan Darewar Itehad, Shiva Kachhi, said that the incident took place in Sindh's Dharki area where Chandni, Roshni and Parmesh Kumari, …

3 Hindu sisters in Pakistan forced to marry their abductors, converted to Islam
1 year, 5 months ago

3 Hindu sisters in Pakistan forced to marry their abductors, converted to Islam

India Today  

Three daughters of a Hindu businessman in Pakistan's Sindh province have been married to Muslim men who first kidnapped them and forcibly converted them to Islam, according to a leading minority rights group in the country. The head of Pakistan Darewar Itehad, Shiva Kachhi, said that the incident took place in Sindh's Dharki area where Chandni, Roshni and Parmesh Kumari, …

‘Bodies Mutilated, Skin Peeled Off, Women Raped & Converted’: Pak’s Minority Atrocities Report
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Bodies Mutilated, Skin Peeled Off, Women Raped & Converted’: Pak’s Minority Atrocities Report

News 18  

From January 1 to June 6 this year, Pakistan has seen seven killings, 38 kidnappings and forced conversions of the Hindu minority community, according to a survey by an organisation based in the country. Here’s the list of the cases: January: Sixteen cases of kidnapping and forced conversions were reported, with one killing. March: Two women were killed and four …

Hindu refugees from Pakistan face hardships in India, hope for care
1 year, 6 months ago

Hindu refugees from Pakistan face hardships in India, hope for care

Op India  

On Tuesday 16th May 2023, IAS Tina Dabi – District Collector and Magistrate of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan – ordered the demolition of temporary houses of the Hindu refugees from Pakistan who were living near Jaisalmer. Unlike Muslims – the so-called minorities – in India, these Hindus in Pakistan never enjoyed any normal life let alone special rights and privileges. …

Pakistan: Minor Hindu girl kidnapped, converted and married to a 55-year-old
1 year, 6 months ago

Pakistan: Minor Hindu girl kidnapped, converted and married to a 55-year-old

Op India  

The radicalisation of Pakistani Muslim society has resulted in yet another ghastly case of abduction and forced conversion of a minor Hindu girl in the country. According to news reports, a 9-year-old Hindu girl was kidnapped from her house earlier this month by a 55-year-old man in Sindh province who proceeded to marry her. According to Indian officials, 124 incidents …

Review of Politics of Hate: Fear and aftermath
1 year, 7 months ago

Review of Politics of Hate: Fear and aftermath

The Hindu  

In early August 2021, an eight-year-old Hindu boy accused of blasphemy was held in protective police custody in Pakistan. When the boy was released on bail, a mob attacked a local Hindu temple, damaging idols, and burning down the main door, Farahnaz Ispahani writes in the introduction to Politics of Hate, an interesting anthology on religious extremism and identity politics …

Unlike Pakistan’s minorities, every strand of the Muslim community is doing its business in India: Nirmala Sitharaman
1 year, 8 months ago

Unlike Pakistan’s minorities, every strand of the Muslim community is doing its business in India: Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu  

India is home to the second largest Muslim population in the world and those blaming the country on minority issues have no clue about the ground realities, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. Addressing a Washington DC audience during a fireside chat at the Peterson Institute for International Economics on Monday, April 10, 2023, Ms. Sitharaman said the Muslim …

Pakistan: Human rights report shows the dire state of religious minorities, highlights instances of forced conversions
1 year, 8 months ago

Pakistan: Human rights report shows the dire state of religious minorities, highlights instances of forced conversions

Op India  

According to a Human Rights Observer 2023 fact sheet in Pakistan, during the year 2022, the amount of anti-minority religious content in curricula and textbooks grew, and several enduring and new issues with the educational system surfaced in the Islamic nation. The report addressed five significant issues that have an impact on religious minorities, including prejudice in the educational system, …

‘No religious minority can freely live or practice its religion in Pakistan today’: India at UNHRC
1 year, 9 months ago

‘No religious minority can freely live or practice its religion in Pakistan today’: India at UNHRC

The Hindu  

India on March 3 slammed Pakistan on the issue of religious freedom of minorities at the United Nations Human Rights Council. Using its right to reply, India's representative Seema Pujani slammed her Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar saying, "No religious minority can freely live or practice its religion in Pakistan today. Responding to the statement delivered by Pakistani counterpart Hina …

Just Two Months Into 2023, 19 Hindu Girls Abducted and Forced to Convert in Pakistan
1 year, 9 months ago

Just Two Months Into 2023, 19 Hindu Girls Abducted and Forced to Convert in Pakistan

News 18  

At least 19 cases of Hindu girls and women being abducted in the first two months of this year have come to light in Pakistan even as courts and the country’s authorities refuse to take forced conversion allegations seriously. As per media reports and complaints registered, six cases of forced conversion and abduction of women from the minority Hindu community …

‘Underage girls are converted to Islam abetted by…’: India slams Pak at UNHRC
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Underage girls are converted to Islam abetted by…’: India slams Pak at UNHRC

Live Mint  

In the Right o Reply in response to the statement delivered by Pakistan at Human Rights Council, United Nations, India stated, "underage girls from the community are converted to Islam abetted by a predatory state and an apathetic judiciary. Marking the case of forced conversion meted out on underage girls, India at the UNHRC slammed Pakistan for ‘misusing forum for …

Hindus, Sikhs, Christians frequently attacked in Pakistan: India at UN
1 year, 9 months ago

Hindus, Sikhs, Christians frequently attacked in Pakistan: India at UN

India Today  

India has accused Pakistan of once again choosing to misuse the UN forum for its malicious propaganda against New Delhi. In its Right of Reply in response to a statement delivered by Pakistan at the UN Human Rights Council, India said: "Pak's representative has once again chosen to misuse august forum for its malicious propaganda against India". Students, doctors, engineers, …

Newly Married Hindu Man Found Dead in Pakistan's Sindh, One Arrested
1 year, 10 months ago

Newly Married Hindu Man Found Dead in Pakistan's Sindh, One Arrested

News 18  

A newly married Pakistani Hindu was allegedly murdered in Sindh’s Sanghar division. Daulat Kohli, 19, was missing for 2 days and was found dead in an agricultural field near his house in Khipro village on Monday, The Rise News reported. The police have arrested a man who belongs to Kohli Community whereas the real culprit local influential person is being …

75 Years After Partition, Hindus Still Treated Like Second-Class Citizens in Indian Subcontinent
1 year, 11 months ago

75 Years After Partition, Hindus Still Treated Like Second-Class Citizens in Indian Subcontinent

News 18  

On 5 January, Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance tabled its annual report of atrocities on Bangladeshi minorities. Pakistan didn’t even have a legal provision to register Hindu marriages until 2017 when a law was passed in the Pakistani senate. Seventy-five years have passed since Partition but even today certain rights such as divorce, adoption and inheritance evade Hindus of Pakistan. …

Pakistan: Mutilated body of a Hindu woman found in Sindh province; accused yet to be arrested
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan: Mutilated body of a Hindu woman found in Sindh province; accused yet to be arrested

India TV News  

Pakistan's atrocities against minorities: Amid soaring atrocities against minority communities in Pakistan, another case of brutality emerged on Wednesday, where a 40-year-old Bheel woman reportedly gang-raped and brutally murdered in Sindh province. According to Krishna Kumari, whose Twitter handle describes her as a Senator of the Pakistan Peoples Party From Tharparkar Sindh, the woman was identified as Daya Bheel, who …

Not Pakistan, Western Elites, Islamist Groups Behind Anti-Hinduism: Academic Salvatore Babones
2 years, 1 month ago

Not Pakistan, Western Elites, Islamist Groups Behind Anti-Hinduism: Academic Salvatore Babones

News 18  

Noted Australian academic Salvatore Babones, who is on his India trip, raised the issue of growing “institutional hatred” against India by the “West” in his exclusive article to the Firstpost on November 7. He stressed that many Indians think Pakistan is behind recent hate crimes against Indians in the UK, US and Canada, but it is the Western elites who …

In Pakistan’s Sindh province, Hindu culture fights the odds
2 years, 1 month ago

In Pakistan’s Sindh province, Hindu culture fights the odds

Associated Press  

SUKKUR, Pakistan — On the sandy banks of the Indus River, which flows top to toe through Pakistan and into its southern Sindh province, Hindus waited for brightly colored boats to ferry them to a peaceful island that has housed a temple for almost 200 years. The temple attracts tens of thousands of Hindus from within Muslim-majority Pakistan every year …

Abducted, converted, married, Hindu girl runs crying to parents as Pak court sent her back to kidnapper
2 years, 2 months ago

Abducted, converted, married, Hindu girl runs crying to parents as Pak court sent her back to kidnapper

Firstpost  

There have been several incidents of forced conversions, especially of minority Hindu girls, but the governments and politicians in Pakistan have remained tight-lipped and have done almost nothing to address the issue Islamabad: A 15-year-old Hindu girl in Pakistan was allegedly kidnapped in broad day light by four Muslim men, converted to Islam and “married to her abductor”. While the …

Pakistani: Hindu woman laments about religious discrimination at workplace
2 years, 2 months ago

Pakistani: Hindu woman laments about religious discrimination at workplace

Op India  

Hindus, a minority in the Islamic country of Pakistan, are frequently targeted with hatred, kidnappings, rapes, forced marriages, and death. “I am a Hindu,no one talks to me in the office.” My dishes are separated I was crying yesterday My mother said no,I will go there if I get a job elsewhere.copy Sarman Brohi pic.twitter.com/dOMLima3RL — Narain Das Bheel October …

Preachy Bilawal should know Pakistan is a graveyard of minorities: As for India, just look at Parsis and Bohras
2 years, 2 months ago

Preachy Bilawal should know Pakistan is a graveyard of minorities: As for India, just look at Parsis and Bohras

Firstpost  

If India’s true minority policy has to be understood and appreciated, one should look at how some of the smallest communities like Parsis, Jews and Buddhists or even Bohras, Ismailis and Ahmadiyyas have been treated Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, speaking at an event in New York on the sidelines of the just concluded UN General Assembly, claimed that …

Hindu temple opens doors in a moving gesture to help flood-stricken people in Pakistan
2 years, 3 months ago

Hindu temple opens doors in a moving gesture to help flood-stricken people in Pakistan

India TV News  

Pakistan flood news : A Hindu temple in a small village in the Balochistan area of Pakistan set a shining example of brotherhood and tolerance by offering food and shelter to at least 200 to 300 people. The Baba Madhodas Mandir in Jalal Khan village in the Kachhi district which stands atop high grounds has remained relatively safe from the …

OPINION | Atrocities on Hindus, Sikhs in Pakistan: Will CAA help?
2 years, 4 months ago

OPINION | Atrocities on Hindus, Sikhs in Pakistan: Will CAA help?

India TV News  

The atrocities on Hindu, Sikh and Christian minorities in Pakistan have now reached alarming proportions. Supporters of the extremist Islamic group Tehrik-e-Labbaik Pakistan alleged that Ashok Kumar had committed blasphemy by setting fire to the Holy Quran. A delegation of Indian Sikh leaders led by BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Monday met J. P. Singh, joint secretary on Pakistan …

Pakistan: Sikh girl abducted, converted to Islam in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; massive protests erupt
2 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan: Sikh girl abducted, converted to Islam in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; massive protests erupt

India TV News  

Highlights A Sikh girl was abducted from the Buner district in Pakistan. Thereafter, massive protests broke out in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Sikh girl converted to Islam: Massive protests broke out in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, a day after a Sikh girl was abducted from the Buner district and forcefully converted to Islam on Saturday evening. Many Sikh …

‘If we convert to Islam, will you give us houses?’: Pakistani Hindu refugees ask Centre
2 years, 4 months ago

‘If we convert to Islam, will you give us houses?’: Pakistani Hindu refugees ask Centre

Firstpost  

A Pakistani Hindu who migrated to India in 2014 from Karachi and now lives in Jodhpur awaiting Indian citizenship told how 35,000 refugees such as him have been living in deplorable conditions New Delhi: “If the Hindu refugees from Pakistan, who have been languishing across several cities in India, convert to Islam, will Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri provide them …

Pakistan: Man from minority Ahmadi community stabbed to death over faith, says police
2 years, 7 months ago

Pakistan: Man from minority Ahmadi community stabbed to death over faith, says police

Firstpost  

Abdul Salam, a member of the minority Ahmadi community, was brutally stabbed to death by “religious fanatic” Hafiz Ali Raza apparently because of his faith, said senior police officer Muhammad Saddique Lahore: A 35-year-old Pakistani man belonging to the minority Ahmadi community has been stabbed to death by a religious fanatic over his faith in the country’s Punjab province, the …

The killing of two Sikhs shows Pakistan's continued persecution of minorities
2 years, 7 months ago

The killing of two Sikhs shows Pakistan's continued persecution of minorities

Firstpost  

Data from the 2017 Census shows that while Muslims make up 96.2 per cent of Pakistan’s population, Hindus are only 1.6 per cent, Christians 1.59 per cent, Scheduled Castes 0.25 per cent, Ahmadis 0.22 per cent, and other minorities 0.07 per cent. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi, as per a PTI report, said India had registered its “strong protest” …

Pakistan: Hindu girl’s killing reignites forced conversion fears
2 years, 8 months ago

Pakistan: Hindu girl’s killing reignites forced conversion fears

Al Jazeera  

Teenage girl shot dead after she resists abduction for alleged forced marriage and conversion, prompting fear among the minority community. Islamabad, Pakistan – A teenage Hindu girl was killed last week in Pakistan’s southeastern Sindh province after she resisted abduction for alleged forced marriage and conversion, prompting fear among the country’s minority community. “The prime suspect has even confessed to …

Christian priest shot dead in northwestern Pakistan
2 years, 10 months ago

Christian priest shot dead in northwestern Pakistan

India Today  

A Christian priest was shot dead and another wounded by unidentified gunmen who opened fire on them as they were returning home from Sunday mass in Pakistan’s northwestern Peshawar city, police said. Bishop William Siraj was shot multiple times and died on the spot, while Father Naeem Patrick was wounded in the attack in the Gulbahar neighbourhood of Peshawar, police …

Hindu temple vandalised in Pakistan's Karachi; one held, booked for blasphemy
3 years ago

Hindu temple vandalised in Pakistan's Karachi; one held, booked for blasphemy

Firstpost  

A man was arrested on Monday for entering and vandalising a Hindu temple in Pakistan’s Karachi. This is 9th attack on Hindu Temple in 22 months despite Supreme Court notices and government claims that they protect Temple — nothing has changed. pic.twitter.com/RevrRED2mr — Veengas December 20, 2021 The man entered a Hindu temple in Ranchore Line area of Karachi in …

Pakistani State Spewing Jihadi Narrative Responsible for Lankan National’s Murder - News18
3 years ago

Pakistani State Spewing Jihadi Narrative Responsible for Lankan National’s Murder - News18

News 18  

It was a normal morning in the industrial town of smog-ridden Sialkot in eastern Pakistan. The recent release of Saad Rizvi, the leader of the fanatic Islamic organisation called Tehreek e Labbaik Pakistan, and lifting of the ban over his organisation have emboldened Pakistani Islamic fundamentalism beyond imagination. The Jihadi narrative spewed by the prime minister—from the floor of the …

Pakistan: 11-year-old Hindu boy sexually assaulted, murdered in Sindh
3 years, 1 month ago

Pakistan: 11-year-old Hindu boy sexually assaulted, murdered in Sindh

India TV News  

Highlights SHO said that the boy was strangled to death before culprits sexually assaulted him There have been several reports of atrocities on Hindus, other minority communities in Pakistan Cases of sexual violence against children have frequently come up in Pakistan An 11-year-old Hindu boy was sexually assaulted and brutally murdered in Pakistan's Sindh province, according to a media report …

Pakistan: 1,000 Hindu and Christian women converted to Islam every year, says activist
3 years, 1 month ago

Pakistan: 1,000 Hindu and Christian women converted to Islam every year, says activist

Op India  

The Islamic country of Pakistan has become a hotbed of violence against women, especially those belonging to minority Hindu, Christian and Sikh communities. She has said that over 1,000 girls belonging to Hindu and Christian communities are forcefully converted to Islam every year in Pakistan. Human Rights activist Ashiknaz Khokhar has also said that the government of Pakistan is not …

Decoding why minorities in Bangladesh and Pakistan continue to face persecution
3 years, 2 months ago

Decoding why minorities in Bangladesh and Pakistan continue to face persecution

Firstpost  

The root causes behind all the attacks were to thwart dissent, freedom and secularism. In short, minorities at any corner of the world are increasingly at risk of losing their lives, property and religious identity On Thursday, Hindu temples in Bangladesh were vandalised by some unidentified miscreants during Durga Puja celebrations, prompting the government to deploy paramilitary force and Prime …

Pakistan: Hindu family held hostage for fetching drinking water from mosque, tortured for ‘violating sanctity’
3 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan: Hindu family held hostage for fetching drinking water from mosque, tortured for ‘violating sanctity’

Op India  

After an eight-year-old Hindu boy was charged with blasphemy, a Hindu family was thrashed and held hostage for fetching water from a mosque in Pakistan’s Punjab province. While the Hindu family was returning home after unloading the cotton, they were picked up by the landlords and held hostage at an outhouse. PTI’s south Punjab minority wing secretary-general Yodhister Chohan also …

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