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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicPakistan minorities

Topic: Pakistan minorities

US think tank says religious freedom in Pakistan is dire. ‘Govt tolerates, enables it’

Forced conversions, especially of minority women and girls, remain a major concern, according to the report by Center for the Study of Organized Hate.

India flags 3,582 cases of attacks on minorities in Bangladesh, 334 in Pakistan, since 2021

Union minister Kirti Vardhan Singh said that govt regularly 'follows' reports of violence & has flagged the cases in Pakistan to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Pakistan won’t allow non-Muslims to inherit land from Muslim. Lahore High Court cites Sharia

Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal retrospectively applied the provisions of Article 260(3) of Pakistan’s Constitution, which defines 'Muslim' and 'non-Muslim' for legal purposes.

Pakistan’s Shia killings mark the collapse of its nationhood. Islamic State knows only war

There was little Shia-Sunni conflict in the pre-colonial era. In early 20th century, the struggle for political power sharpened the boundaries, increasingly leading to violence.

‘Taliban rule’: Pakistanis fume after police violently disrupt Pashtun singer’s concert

Singer, poet and scholar, Karan Khan’s music is derived from his experiences and lived identity as a Pashtun. A police 'attack' on his concert didn't go well with Pakistanis.

Christian priest killed in Pakistan. People question Imran Khan on Riyasat-e-Madina

Cautioning the PM from commenting on other countries and their treatment of minorities, a user said, ‘Let's please focus on xenophobia in Pakistan first.'

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.