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…
Hindus Killing in Pakistan
Ten days ago another young man, a 25-year-old Hindu, was brutally beaten to death by co-workers at a leather factory in Korangi Industrial Area. Jagdesh Kumar worked in a factory…
57 Pakistani Hindus convert to Islam under pressure
"There is no compulsion in religion" -- Qur'an 2:256 So that means that the Muslims who pressured these Hindus are Misunderstanders of Islam, right? Not necessarily. The dhimma, after all,…
Conversion of Hindus in Pakistan
The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) expressed outrage and deep concern over the recently reported sudden religious conversions to Islam of Reena (21), Usha (19) and Rima (17) - daughters of…
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…