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US voices concern over rights abuses faced by Pak minorities

On: October 23, 2019

Washington, Oct 23, 2019: The US has voiced “deep concern” about reports of human rights abuses and discrimination faced by Pakistanis because of their faith, which in many cases are perpetrated by non-state actors. Alice G. Wells, Acting Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of South and Central Asia, in herContinue Reading

Where are human rights for religious minorities in Pakistan?

By: Matters India

On: October 6, 2015

In: International

In human and subhuman practices- killings, abduction, torture and rape-make their life hell. Minorities in Pakistan can be categorized as ‘ethnic and linguistic’ and ‘religious’. The 1973 Constitution used the term ‘minority’ on several occasions but never defined it. Government views minorities on religious lines only without differentiating along ethnic,Continue Reading