Minority rights Archive
Rights of minorities: ‘Ahmadis not allowed to do business in Muslim areas’ – by Rana Tanveer: A photo showing a destroyed Ahmadi worship place. PHOTO: AHMADI COMMUNITY PRESS OFFICE LAHORE: A man was forced to abandon his woodworking business and flee Gujranwala with his family after his erstwhile friends and neighbours discovered that he was an
Attacks on Pakistan’s Minorities: Jan 2012 – Jun 2013 – by Omar Waraich: Last Friday, hundreds of shoppers were gathered in Parachinar’s main bazaar. In this main town of Pakistan’s Kurram tribal agency, located along the Afghan border, the local residents were buying food items for the looming evening Ramadan meal,
A Pakistani Christian gunned down to grab his land: Okara, Punjab: July 29, 2013. (PCP) On 27th Day of July 2013, a source called Mr. Khurram Akhtar (Research Officer, The Voice) telephonically and informed him about the incidence that occurred in Chak 8-4/L Okara, District, Okara. The Voice
مسیحی نوجوان کو توہینِ رسالت پر عمر قید: ایڈیٹر نوٹ : توہین رسالت کا قانون جو ضیاء الحق نے ملاؤں کی ہمدردیاں حاصل کرنے کےلئے اور بہت سے کام کے ان میں سے ایک تھا – اپنی منظوری سے لے کے آج تک اس قانون کا نشانہ
Discrimination and hatred: the church and civil society take stock of the problems concerning Christian minorities: Lahore – Becoming aware of the discrimination, injustice, prejudice of whom Christians in Pakistan face and are victims, about 3% of the population, and the necessity to report these issues to the new government: with this intent Christian leaders
Case launched against police after Christian dies in custody in Pakistan: A Christian teenager has died in police custody in Pakistan after allegedly being severely tortured for six days. Adnan Masih’s funeral took place on 11 June Adnan Masih (18) from Sharaqpur Sharif was arrested on 4 June in connection
20 extra marks for Hafiz-e-Quran: Haroon Arif, a Christian student victim of discrimination policy: Pakistan’s educational institutions are not teaching tolerance, peace, democratic values and universal fundamental human rights but are exacerbating religious differences and increasing discrimination. In public schools and madrassas the curriculum taught is influence by hate speech and it negatively
Ahmadis face discrimination even in death – by Shahzad Raza: A signboard outside Jadeed Qabristan (graveyard), Rawalpindi read: “It’s prohibited to bury Mirzais here.” —Photo courtesy Shahzad Raza ISLAMABAD: Even in death, the Ahmadiyya community is discriminated against. Jadeed Qabristan (graveyard) is located near Murree Road in the heart
سعودی غلامی میں نواز لیگ کا تعصب اور فرقہ پرستی – از حق گو: پاکستان کی حکومتی پارٹی نواز لیگ نے اپنے فیس بک پیج پر ایک پالیسی بیان جاری کیا ہے -جس میں نہ صرف ایران پاکستان گیس پائپ لائن کے حوالے سے ان کی منفی سوچ کی عکاسی ہوتی ہے بلکہ
Stop religious discrimination: Debutant MNAs – Shahzad Raza: Persecution of Ahmedis, Shias and other religious minorities has killed the true essence of secularist ideology of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who never envisioned creating a theocracy or a religion-based state. Under the garb of so-called reconciliation hardly any political
دہشت گردوں کا فرار اور رہائی – سیکورٹی اداروں اور نگران حکومتوں کا کردار – از حق گو: انتخابات کے بعد ہونے والی پیش رفت میں یہ بات تو سامنے آگیی کہ وفاق اور پنجاب میں حکومت بنانے والی نواز لیگ بلوچستان میں حکومت سازی کے لئے بھی ایڑی چوٹی کا زور لگا رہی ہے اس کے
Christian student killed by firing of Muslims in native village of Shahbaz Bhatti: Faisalabad: May 20, 2013. (PCP) A Christian village named Khushpur in sub-district Samundari of Faisalabad district came under attack of Muslims on May 19, 2013, killing one Christian student of 10th Grade and injuring many Christian by firing.Father Felix,
The political tragedy of non-Muslim Pakistanis – by Azam Mairaj: Editor’s Note: All non-Muslim Pakistanis need to be respected and given full rights as Pakistani Citizens. In particular the services of the Christian Community in the fields of education, health and a number of other areas are disproportionately large compared
Over 900 Pakistani Hindus eligible for Indian citizenship: report: A Hindu woman weeps while seeing off a relative at the railway station. – Photo by INP KARACHI: Officials in India’s western state of Rajhasthan say around 919 Pakistani Hindus there have become eligible to apply for Indian citizenship,
ویرو کوہلی ، پارلیمنٹ اور پاکستان – از حق گو: الیکشن کا وقت جوں جوں قریب آتا جا رہا ہے لوگوں میں اس حوالے سے جوش و خروش بڑھتا جا رہا ہے ایسے میں صوفیوں کی دھرتی سندھ سے آنے والی ایک دلچسپ اور کافی حد تک پر مسرت و
اپیل بنام چیف الیکشن کمشنر : دہشت گردوں کو انتخابات میں حصّہ لینے سے روکا جائے – از مہ پارہ قلندر – مترجم – حق گو: اپیل بنام چیف الیکشن کمشن محترم جناب جسٹس رٹائرڈ فخر الدین جی ابراہیم صاحب جناب عالی اب جبکہ کے الیکشن کا اپنے وقت پر انعقاد آپ کی بھرپور کوششوں سے یقینی ہو چکا ہے تو آپ کے نوٹس میں
ISI wants to micromanage social media debate on #ShiaGenocide – by Ayesha Siddiqa: The writer is an independent social scientist and author of Military Inc. The idea was to gather in a coffee shop in Islamabad and discuss ways civil society could help stop the killing of Hazaras, Shias and minorities in
The houses of Ahmadis are under attack and the police are providing protection to the attackers: Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the attacks on the houses belonging to Ahmadis. The attackers were from two religious organizations, the Sipah-e-Sahaba (SP) and Khatm-e-Nabowat (KN) and were provided with protection by
Genocide by Deobandi Taliban: the Nazis of Pakistan – by Chris Emmanuel Dsouza: As the world was keenly waiting for the white smoke to appear on the Vatican House Chimney, Joseph Colony in Lahore was filled with black smoke. When Vatican Council was wrapping-up their Papal Elections, its followers were attacked and
Pakistan: a nation out of rage — by Syed Kamran Hashmi: Deadliest among all of them, appears in the form of a false claim, “We respect all religions.” No, we don’t, it is untrue For most people, outrage can be defined as an ‘extremely strong reaction of anger, shock
گستاخ کون؟ – از حق گو: گستاخ کون؟ لکھتے وقت تو مجھے بھی یہی محسوس ہو رہا ہے کے میں بھی اس طرح کی تحریر لکھ کے گستاخی کر رہا ہو. نہیں..ہرگز نہیں..رسول پاک (ص) کی شان میں ہرگز نہیں. مگر ان لوگوں کو میری
مجرموں کو سزا موت دی جائے – از حق گو: ان تصویروں میں وہ چند مکروہ چہرے یقینی طور پر شناخت کے جا سکتے ہیں…جو ان ہزاروں لوگوں میں شامل تھے جنہوں نے ہمارے مسیح بھایئوں کے گھروں پر حملہ کیا اور ان کی املاک کو جلانے کے ساتھ
Laal’s “All Fronts Strategy” to fight extremism – by Taimur Rehman: First and foremost, our strategy should be one of attacking on all fronts simultaneously. In the battle against extremism, there is no magic bullet, no single weapon that will give us victory. We must employ,
Roots of Takfiri Deobandi militancy: Hero worship of evil renders the worshiper himself evil – by Rusty Walker: Christians all over Pakistan are enflamed from the smoke signals sent from the burning of Christian homes in Badami Bagh, Lahore. The message blazes over the hundreds of obliterated Christian residences, and seems to threaten: “Pakistani Kafirs lives will
اگر ایسا ہوتا…؟ – از پنجابی بابا: یہ اک فرضی قصہ ہے برطانیہ کے اک قصبہ کا جہاں زیادہ تر عیسائی آباد ہیں ان میں سے کچھ گھر مسلمانوں کے ہیں ۔ اس کے مصروف ترین بازار میں ایک عیسئائی پادری کھڑا بائیبل کی چند آیات
Shia Muslims condemn attack on Christian community in Lahore: مسیحی برداری کی املاک نزر آتش – شیعہ مسلمانوں کی طرف سے مذمت پاکستان کے شہر لاہور میں نو مارچ ہفتہ کے دن سپاہ صحابہ اور مسلم لیگ نواز کے گماشتوں اور تکفیری دیوبندی ملاؤں کے برین واشڈ ہجوم
Lahore’s Christians target of latest episode of hate – by AZ: The show goes on as the zealots put up a great performance in Lahore today. Hope you enjoy watching, even if you can’t be a part of the cast. An entire neighbourhood of Christians in the mega polis of
We condemn attack on Christian community in Lahore by PMLN-backed ASWJ militants: LAHORE: An enraged mob comprising hundreds of Takfiri Deobandi militants of Sipah-e-Sahaba (ASWJ-LeJ) torched dozens of houses located in a Christian-dominated neighbourhood of Lahore on Saturday, 9 March 2013. The ASWJ-LeJ mob was led by local leaders of PML-N,
Rinkle Kumari: Pakistan’s forgotten daughter – by A Z: Exactly one year ago this day, Rinkle was abducted from her house. When first presented in a court of law in Mirpur Mathelo, she requested to be returned to her parents. The court overruled her request as her kidnappers
Don’t insult our dead by electing Pakistan to UN Human Rights Council: Related post: Shia genocide database Hina Khar tries to hide Shia genocide, paints rosy picture of human rights in Pakistan While unveiling the country’s national report at the UN’s Human Rights Council (HRC) on Tuesday, the government glossed over
Liberal love galore for Altaf Hussain!: On October 14, Muttahida Qaumi Movement founder and leader Altaf Hussain delivered a speech in support of the adolescent Pashtun female education advocate Malala Yousufzai who was grievously injured in an assassination attempt and is still under intensive care
Under Pakistan army’s nose: Thousands of Muslims burn a church in Mardan to show their love for Prophet Muhammad: In Mardan (North Western part of Pakistan), a mob of at least 7000 Muslims set a church on fire as a part of country-wide protests against the anti-Islam film (“Innocence of Muslims”). The anti-USA protests are believed to have
Sunni and Shia are two different nations: We demand Hussainistan for Pakistan’s 30 million Shia Muslims: Related posts: Resistance to #ShiaGenocide in Pakistan is a human right, in fact a moral duty! Two-nation theory 2.0: It is Sunni vs Shia this time around – by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid (Pakistan Today) After yet another massacre in
Army nurtured them as its proxy warriors and then surrendered to them its monopoly of violence – by Khaled Ahmed: Related post: Silence of Pakistan army generals on Shia genocide – by Feisal Naqvi Today, Shiite Muslims are most target killed faith group in Pakistan’s entire history. According to an estimate, at least 19,000 Shia have been killed due
Two saviours of Rimsha, the blasphemy accused Christian girl: Saviour 1: Hafiz Khalid Chishti, local Sunni cleric Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Chishti, the imam of the mosque who allegedly issued a decree on his mosque’s loudspeaker to burn Christians of Mehrabadi village alive in the aftermath of 11-year-old Rimsha
ميرا دل بہت پريشان ہے رمشاء کے ليے: شروع کے روزوں ميں شام کے وقت بچوں کو حسب معمول پارک ليکر جا رہی تھی کہ گلی کے اختام پر کھڑے پانچ چھ مرد و خواتين کے ايک گروپ نے مجھے دو صفحات ديے۔ بھوک کے مارے ويسے
Arrest of Ramsha, 11, yet another proof Pakistan must reform its blasphemy laws: A Duke University professor has stated that the recent arrest of a disabled Pakistani Christian girl in the Islamic Republic is part of a decades-old trend in “witch hunts.” Ebrahim Moosa, professor of Religion & Islamic Studies for Duke’s
Happy Independence Day Collection – by Ali Taj: A SOMEWHAT IRONIC COMMENT ON FACEBOOK: Pakistan will remain a moth eaten country in perpetual conflict if its Constitution ,Muslim terrorists supported by Khaki’s and Education System is not revamped to keep up with the times. The country needs
Protest outside Saudi Consulate in Los Angeles – by Ali Taj: Just came back from protesting outside Saudi Consulate in Los Angeles. It was a small protest comprising my 8 year old son, by 12 year old niece, my loving wife and my brother. I thank the Almighty for such a loving
The Indigenous: We are a people of different faces of dreams unique of expectations calling for dignity. We are a people of different colors of love we seek of recognition we want We are a beautiful people like an orchestra of