After the extrajudicial killing of more than 105 people by religious fanatics, including many very important and valuable personalities like Governor of Punjab, Suleman Taseer, Bishop John Joseph, Shahbaz Bhatti, Federal Minister and Honorable Judge of the High Court, Arif Iqbal Bhatti, dozens of

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights held sixty-two sessions in Geneva until it was replaced in 2006 by the Human Rights Council (HRC). The Human Rights Council is now holding its sixty-first session in Geneva, Switzerland under the presidency of Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro of I

After celebrating Independence Day 2023, holding ceremonies in churches and praying for the development and security of the country, we were sleeping peacefully when the sun of August 16, 2023, was rising for us with the worst tragedy in history. Pakistan's vulnerable minorities were forced t

More of the same model would fail us even more on sustainable development goals and targets. With 58 months left to deliver on SDG goals and targets for 2030, the pledge of “leave no one behind” would become even more unfulfilled if we do not make tectonic, transformative, equitable,

According to reports received regarding the unfortunate incident in Sargodha, Nazr Masih, who is accused of reciting the Holy Quran, is undergoing treatment at a local hospital in a critical condition. The concerned police station had registered a case number 24/435 under Sections A 295 A 295 B a

This refers to speech by Secretary of State Marco Rubio at Munich Security Conference 2026 (MSC 2026)  as given at https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/02/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-at-the-munich-security-conference  which is naivette,  oversimplified

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was appreciative of the services of minorities, especially Christians, in the Pakistan Movement. Wherever he felt political weakness in the freedom struggle, he approached Christian leaders and always found their attitude positive. This was the reason why he was a

Readers who have turned the pages of history are well aware of the fact that in the struggle for independence, Christian political leader Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a fighter in every frontline, while the minorities who are more important and privileged than Christians today had no sign

Although the overwhelming majority of Muslims were involved in the struggle for the establishment of Pakistan, the second largest force was the Christians, who were smaller in numbers but certainly a strong political unit.It would not be wrong if I said that the establishment of Pakistan would no

"My journey on ending female genital mutilation/cutting did not begin in an office. Instead, my journey began when I knew where the shoe hurts most. So, speaking from a perspective of personal experience and pain, some years back when I was a very young girl, I was subjected to female genita

Protests were held in several major cities of the country including Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Sialkot, Faisalabad and others, over the violent death of Nazir Masih by an angry mob after he was falsely accused of blasphemy in an incident of religious terrorism in Sargodha. The report compiled by

Undoubtedly, the two-nation theory formed the basis of the Pakistan independence movement, but along with it, there were other economic, social, political, and religious reasons. The brief summary of the two-nation theory is that Muslims and Hindus are two separate nations whose religion, civiliz

Every year, February 9 and February 11 are observed in Kashmir and across the Kashmiri diaspora as days of mourning. They mark the executions of two men whose lives and deaths have come to symbolize a much larger tragedy—Muhammad Afzal Guru, hanged on February 9, 2013, and Mohammad Maqbool

Without an examination of the Kurds' role in the region, it is impossible to comprehend the rapidly evolving geopolitical dynamics of the Middle East. It is the distinctive character of Kurdish women that warrants greater attention within this narrative. They have transformed the political la

Pakistan was envisioned as a homeland where citizenship would not be determined by faith. Yet, more than seven decades later, that founding promise remains painfully unrealized for millions of Christians and other religious minorities. For Pakistan’s Christian community, equality exists lar