In her opening address at the Asia Pacific Civil Society Forum on Beijing+20, being held in Bangkok, Kate Lappin, Regional Coordinator, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) mentioned that, "Migration into exploitative work is continually on the rise, living wages and decent work

On November 04, a Christian married couple, who tried to get released from their bondage labor agreement at a brick kiln was beaten, stripped and tossed them into the burning kiln oven. At a factual level, there was a protest against a Christian couple in different cities of the country. Due to som

Sub:- (i)- Baghdadi / ISIS survives or not, at-least Muslims world-over should support Islamic currency (ii)- How come Caliphate guided by Shura Council committing war crimes (iii)- Muslims world-over should also demand that ‘Caliphate - Shura - Council’ should assimilate in Sharia the modern concep

The recent brutal murder of Christian couple Shama and Shahzad Masih because of a blasphemy accusation against them has come at a time when the world was already condemning and expressing its concern over Aasia Bibi’s death sentence.
The latest incident of the couple being burnt alive has alarmed t

The Middle East is currently the arena for a cross-border sectarian war. The weakening or collapse of repressive regimes has unleashed a fierce war for succession between rival populations, with Shia and Sunni Arabs the main protagonists. This process is playing itself not only in Iraq and Syria but

Almost twenty years ago, the Beijing Declaration and Platform For Action (BPFA) was adopted by consensus by 189 countries during the Fourth World Conference on Women, in Beijing. Although not a binding treaty, it calls for strong commitments on the part of the governments and other institutions to f

Being true Pakistani Christian, I would like to share my pain and burden for Pakistan’s sovereignty, prosperity, peace and restoration from the terrorists that is under jeopardy of different politic parties for personal’ power and politics for personal benefits than country’s sovereignty. Pakistan i

Once again, Kashmir is a living proof that it is not going to compromise, far less abandon, its demand for Azaadi (freedom) which is its birthright and for which it has paid a price in blood and suffering which has not been exacted from any other people of the South Asian subcontinent. Compared to t

Sub:- (i)- How can GenVKS be unconcerned about Military’s bashing in media over AFSPA in J&K and N-E (ii)- If military / AFSPA is in J&K and N-E then why civil administration of elected governments are over there (iii)- If military deployed then AFSPA has to be there to protect them (iv)- Problem in

The foundation of Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association (PMTA) was laid on August 28, 2004 with a dream to make Pakistan a state where people will not be judged by their faiths but by the content of equality. Article 25 (1) of the Constitution of Pakistan guarantees equal rights to all citizens

Please wake up my dear Christians – we are not less than 30 million (3 crore), a week has passed away after the most atrocious, horrible, terrible and awful death of this young Christian couple. Still it’s not too late – we should go on strike and do processions in front of every government office f

The bonded labor in Pakistan is a disease and the kiln work is a modern slavery. The kiln work is considered Christian's work because the majority of the kiln workers are Christian. The work of sweepers is also rated for Christians and it is advertised in all Government departments that the sweeper’

Today, A Christian nation of Pakistan and all over world is in a great grief after hearing the news about Christian’s alive burning “the story of Shama bibi and shahzad Masih’s” a laborer of Brick kiln by the extremists in the “Rada Kishn village”, district Kasur, Pakistan. All of them are sharing t

In Pakistan the notorious "Blasphemy Law" is a two edged sword hanging continuously hanging over the heads of Christians living in Pakistan.
In yet another sad and brutal incident taking place on Tuesday, a young Christian couple father of three and expecting another were burnt alive in the south o

ISLAMABAD: November 5, 2014. (By Shamim Masih) Rawalpindi city was seized for three days due to the Moharam riots in October, 2013. Roads were blocked, mobile service was off and the residents faced short fall off their household items. Sunni Muslims wanted to dictate the other faiths of the country