Islamic Republic of Pakistan Policy Brief: 2010 – 2011
I. Background ● Pakistan is a federal republic with a significant role for Islamic law in the Constitution and legal system. The military establishment is the primary power-broker in the…
“Hindus in Pakistan – Crises of Existence”
Human Rights of the ordinary people are grossly abused in every part of the world. The failure of the state governments to deal with violation of Human Rights is unfortunately…
Taliban targeting Sikhs and Hindus in Pakistan
The murder of two Sikhs by the Taliban in the restless tribal belt highlights the plight of the minorities there. Rajeev Sharma writes on the situation there. Two new and…
Hindus feel the heat in Pakistan
Wealthy Hindus like Garish Kumar are targets for kidnappers The kidnap and murder of a Hindu engineer in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh has increased the insecurity among fellow Hindus.…
Hindus feel the heat in floods
God saved us from the flood’s devastation but did not protect us from the bandits.” After the floods, around 500 Hindu families came to Karachi from the Ghouspur, Thul, Karampur,…
Religious freedom Report
Section I. Freedom of Religion The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and states that adequate provisions shall be made for minorities to profess and practice their religions freely; however,…
The Death Throes of Pakistan’s Hindus
I just returned from a month in India during which time an incredible number of significant events were occurring. My primary mission in going was to document and raise awareness…
Hindus in Pakistan – a vanishing community
I was inspired to write this essay by a Pakistani journalist friend. Later, during a lecture tour in South East Asian countries, where Indian and Chinese origin minorities are also…
Plight of Scheduled Caste Hindus in Pakistan
The plight and persecution upon minority Hindus by majority Muslims in Pakistan, almost cleared the minority Hindus from PAKISTAN through a barbaric ethnic cleansing right from the period of the…
Abduction, oppression and forced conversion is fate of Hindus in Pakistan
These young Hindu girls were kidnapped from Tharparker in Sindh province in March 2010. They have not been traced so far. In March, Poonam, a 13-year-old Hindu girl kidnapped last…