Ensure Equal Rights for Minority Women in Pakistan
Why This Is Important? Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights promises all people, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, the right to marry and…
Pak Hindus protest occupation of temple
Apr 2, 2012 LAHORE: It was barely 4 a.m. when 19-year-old Rinkal Kumari disappeared from her home in a small village in Pakistan's southern Sindh province. When her parents awoke…
Hindu girls are forced to marry Muslims: Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari’s sister
ISLAMABAD: Acknowledging that Hindus face a lot of challenges in Sindh, sister of Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari said in Pakistan's parliament on Thursday that Hindu girls are being forcibly…
Forced conversion of Hindus in Pakistan jolts US out of slumber
Mar 14, 2012 Pakistan's state-endorsed discrimination, and in some cases extermination, of its minorities has finally caught the eye of Washington lawmakers. Coming on the heels of support in Congress…
Abduction fears stalk Balochistan Hindus
5 Mar, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Over 50 Hindus have been kidnapped in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province over the past four years, forcing members of the minority community to migrate to other…
“Kill me here, now, in court. But do not send me back”: Kidnapped Hindu girl begs court
March 29, 2012 : "In Pakistan there is justice only for Muslims, justice is denied Hindus. Kill me here, now, in court. But do not send me back to the…
Hindus in Pakistan say “lava of oppression” has been “burning for years”
The “mass migration of Hindus [from Pakistan] is inevitable,” declared a resolution adopted by the Pakistan Hindu Council at a hotel in Karachi on Sunday. The largest Hindu gathering in…
Pakistan Minister: 100 non-Muslim girls and women forced to convert to Islam over last few months
By many accounts it's an underestimation. At least 15-20 Hindu girls are kidnapped, converted to Islam, and forced to marry a Muslim man each month. In the province of Sindh…
Pakistan Hindus: Return to roots – Sandhya Jain
December 1, 2011 : “The intensified activism of the tablighi jamaat is making life increasingly hellish for Hindus. There is no sunwai (justice) when Hindu girls are kidnapped, converted, married…
Life worse than death for Hindus in Pakistan-III
By Pramod Kumar The Government of India might have shown reluctance to grant asylum to the agonised Pakistani Hindus living in refugee camps at Majnu Ka Tilla and Bijwasan in…