blasphemy

News Desk Lahore: A total of 344 new blasphemy-related cases were reported in 2024, with 70% of the accused being Muslims, and smaller percentages of Christians (6%), Hindus (9%), and Ahmadis (14%), according to a report. The Centre…

Zoya Anwer Islamabad: Sara*, 32, a content writer, knew since age 14 that she was viewed as an oddity. The realisation came when her Pakistan Studies teacher looked her straight in the eye while discussing the Constitution. She…

News Desk Swat: In a tragic and violent incident, an angry mob allegedly killed a man suspected of desecrating the “Quran” in the Madin area of Swat.  The enraged crowd also set fire to the local police station and a police vehicle,…

News Desk  Islamabad: Apart from the political polarization that continued through 2023, resulting in greater restrictions on civil and political rights, the year was marked by acute distress among ordinary people, caused by the…

News Desk  Islamabad: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) marked the solemn ten-year anniversary since the tragic murder of lawyer Rashid Rehman, who served as our coordinator in Multan. Rehman was brutally gunned down due…

Naeem Ahmad Faisalabad: Amidst the vibrant ambiance of the approaching general elections, Ashraf Masih, a 50-year-old inhabitant of Isa Nagari in Jaranwala Tehsil, Faisalabad, is working hard to reconstruct his life. His house, along…

News Desk Islamabad: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) have agreed to coordinate their efforts to raise awareness among the masses to prevent blasphemous activities on the internet…

News Desk Islamabad: Rights groups on Saturday expressed their deep concerns about the severe human rights violations faced by religious minorities, including forced religious conversions and child marriages of Christian and Hindu girls,…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: The latest attacks on the churches and homes of the Christian faith community in Jaranwala, in the district of Faisalabad, Punjab, form part of a long line of such incidents against the Christian faith community.…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: July saw a religiously motivated suicide attack in Bahawalpur, killing 54 people and injuring 200. August 16 witnessed horrific religiously incited attacks on the homes and churches of  Pakistan’s Christian citizens.…