Hinduism – open blasphemy in Pakistan
Among countries with a Muslim-majority, Pakistan has the strictest anti-blasphemy laws. The first purpose of those laws is to protect Islamic authority. By the Constitution (Article 2), Islam is the…
Plight of Schedule Casts Hindus in Pakistan
We should rise above caste, sect and creed and only follow the objectives of democracy, Yousuf Raza Gilani, the prime minister of Pakistan said during a recent visit to Gilgit-Baltistan.He…
Hindu women rests in Muslim graveyard
The body of a 70-year-old Hindu woman, Radha, which was rotting in the mortuary of a government hospital in Lahore (Pakistan) for the last five days because of the absence…
Demographics of Pakistan
Pakistanis Total population 187 million approx. Regions with significant populations Primarily Pakistan Languages Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi, Saraiki and others Religion Islam (75-90% Sunni, 10-20% Shia[1][2][3][4][5]) with Hindu, Sikh…
The nowhere people
Along the Rajasthan border districts of Jaisalmer, Bikaner and Barmer, a replay of the tragedy that visited the subcontinent over 60 years ago is in progress as migrants from Pakistan…
Pakistani Taliban behead 2 Sikhs
Two Sikhs who were kidnapped over a month back have been beheaded by the Pakistani Taliban in the country's restive tribal belt in a brutal act by the militants. Some…
Hindu man abducted in Pak; Kidnappers demand Rs 10 mn ransom HINDU
Days after beheading of two abducted Sikhs by Taliban in the restive tribal belt, a Pakistani Hindu man has been reportedly kidnapped from here and his abductors have demanded Rs…
7 members of a Hindu family killed in Pak
Seven members of a Hindu family were killed when they were caught in a gun battle between two factions of the Bugti tribe in Pakistan's Balochistan province, media reports said…