(CHAKRA) In the last month, there has been an uptick in social media activity among Pakistani women activists, but beyond a few social media circles the crisis of abductions and forced conversions (to Islam) of underage hindu and other non-muslim religious minority women has gone widely unreported. Reports from human rights orgs and local media […]
Minorities in Pakistan Fear More Attacks During Ramadan: 2 Hindus Killed in Wine Shop by Extremists
Two men from Pakistan’s minority Hindu community are confirmed dead after extremists opened fire at a Government-licensed liquor shop in this Pakistani port city of Karachi. Three minorities, including 2 Hindus, were at the ‘Super Wine shop’ in Gulshan-e-Iqbal area in Karachi when the gunmen opened fire, killing them instantly. The deadly attack took place a day before the holy religious celebration […]
Hindu Americans Sad & Deplore Easter Terror Attack Targeting Christians in Pakistan
Leaders of the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) joined the global chorus deploring yesterday’s bomb attack that targeted Pakistan’s Christian minority on Easter Sunday in Lahore. Over 70 people were declared dead, including 29 children, and over 300 remain seriously injured, with the death toll rising. Taliban-affiliate Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, which has also pledged loyalty to ISIS, claimed […]
Abduction, Rape, Conversion & Forced Marriage: The Existential Challenges for Pakistan’s Minorities
As a typical editor and news buff, I was chatting with some of my contacts and sources via Whatsapp last winter to discuss a certain hash tag (#SaveKajalBheel) that was trending on Twitter in India. While getting the inside scoop, I was fortunate enough to get into contact with some truly inspirational human rights activists […]
Can Pakistan Come Out of India Centric Seize?
By Dr OP Sudrania Can India trust Pakistan, “A difficult question both to ask as well as to reply?” At the same time, it has plenty of harsh and hard realities to peel off in layers. Unless an issue is addressed from its root, the ensuing discussion may be as good as better not started. […]
Persecution of Hindu, Christian & Other Minority Women in Pakistan Highlighted at Capitol Hill
In light of the recent tragic cases of Rimsha Masih, a fourteen year-old disabled Christian girl imprisoned under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, and Rinkle Kumari, a nineteen year-old Hindu girl kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam, the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) hosted a Capitol Hill Briefing last week to highlight the persecution of minority women in […]
Conversion of Hindu Boy to Islam Was Broadcast Live on Pakistani Media (Video)
It is a fact that Hindus in Pakistan are venerable to forceful conversion, but this plight became more dreadful when a Hindu Boy was converted to Islam and the whole proceeding was live telecasted on a national TV. Pakistani TV show ‘Ramazan chat’ broadcasted live a Hindu boy converting to Islam in a studio packed […]
Hindus Continue to be Mistreated, Kidnapped and Killed in Pakistan
Another plea and protest has rose against the Pakistan government to create laws supporting the Hindu minority rights in Pakistan. The Hindu communities in Pakistan have demanded that new laws be formed in order to eliminate the constant threats and carrying out of kidnappings, discrimination, harassment and forced conversion. After growing incidents of forced conversion […]
More Hindu Girls in Pakistan Lured into Forced Muslim Marriages and Conversions
“Alinah Khan”, a sixteen-year-old girl, now living in the town of Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab is still adapting to her mother calling her by her new name. Before marriage she was known as Radha and still calls herself that when outside of her home the rare few times when she is allowed to go […]
Human Rights Report Released Amidst Worsening Plight of Minorities In Pakistan
(CHAKRA) HAF (Hindu American Foundation) released its eighth annual Hindu human rights report today amidst increased concern over the worsening plight of Hindus in Pakistan. The report, Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights, 2011, documents human rights violations against Hindus in Pakistan as well as seven other countries and regions […]