The Provincial Assembly of Sindh on 11-August-2025 unanimously passed a resolution while reaffirming the status of members of religious minorities as equal citizens of Pakistan, whose fundamental rights are fully protected under the Constitution of 1973. The lawmakers, both on the treasury
The Sindh Workers’ Welfare Board (WWB) will present electric scooters to labourers from religious minorities in the province as a special Independence Day gift. According to a handout issued on 10-August-2025, Sindh Labour Secretary Rafiq Qureshi said the white segment of Pakistan’s
Many young members eye a future abroad KARACHI: From a gated community for her Zoroastrian faith in Karachi, 22-year-old Elisha Amra has waved goodbye to many friends migrating abroad as the ancient Parsi community dwindles. Soon the film student hopes to join
Girls tell magistrate they did so out of own free will; parents say they are underage HYDERABAD: After Sanghar district an identical case of alleged abduction and forced conversion of religion of three Hindu girls has surfaced in Tando Allahyar district where
In a disturbing incident of domestic abuse, a 17-year-old, also the mother of a minor baby girl, was murdered in Karachi’s Afghan Basti allegedly by her own family members. The incident took place near Afghan Chowk within the limits of the Gulshan-e-Maymar
Three underage Hindu girls who had mysteriously gone missing from Shahdadpur recently have been recovered from Karachi. Officials said on Thursday that Dr Lal Chand Ukrani, special assistant to the chief minister of Sindh on minority affairs, had taken serious notice of
The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has taken suo-motu notice of the alleged abduction and possible forced conversion of three Hindu girls — Diya, Jiya, and Disha (daughters of Bhagwan Das) — from Shahdadpur, Sanghar. The SHRC has issued a formal notice
LARKANA: The Minorities’ Convention, organised by the Rawadari Tehreek (RT) here on Saturday night, called on the government to ensure proper security at minorities’ worship places across Sindh. It also expressed its concern over instances of forced conversion and underage marriages. The
The Minorities Affairs Department, Government of Sindh, has officially announced the launch of its scholarship program for the academic year 2024–25, aimed at supporting students from minority communities across the province. Eligible students currently enrolled in public educational institutions can apply for
The Sindh government has decided to increase from Rs25,000 to Rs50,000 the amount of its one-time need-cum-merit-based scholarship for deserving university students in the province from religious minorities. The decision to this effect was made at a meeting of the Sindh Non-Muslim