KARACHI: Hindu families in Pakistan celebrated the sweet bond between brothers and sisters on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan or the Rakhi Festival on Wednesday. Stalls set up near Hindu temples or mandirs all over the city had the prettiest of rakhis
KARACHI: Speakers at a conference held at Karachi University (KU) on Monday underscored the need for efforts to create a culture of co-existence in the country and to curb the spread of hate content. The conference on interfaith harmony was organised at
Before being dissolved, on August 10, 2023, the National Assembly was especially active in its last days and passed dozens of bills. Political historians, legal experts and rights activists were overwhelmed, warning legislators not to make what most observers fear will prove
THE Christian communities of India and Pakistan are under attack by those representing the saffron and green parts of their respective flags. Saffron is particularly ruthless towards poor Muslim neighbourhoods in India, while the green is unforgiving to young Hindu girls in
ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) on Sunday wrote an open letter to the caretaker prime minister, Anwaarul Haq Kakar, which contained recommendations for protection of minorities and urged the government to tackle long-term challenges arising from extremism and intolerance
Members of minority communities and rights activists in Karachi have demanded an end to religiously-motivated crimes, including abductions, harassment, forced marriages, and rape of women and girls of religious minorities, apart from the protection of communal and worship places of minority communities.
SUKKUR: The Sindh Human Rights Comm-ission (SHRC) has vowed to commemorate ‘Inter-faith Harmony Day’ to promote tolerance and respect for minorities and celebrate religious diversity of Sindh. The commission’s chairperson Iqbal Ahmed Detho shared the human rights body’s recommendations at a seminar
KARACHI: For the first time in the country, minorities marched for their rights on National Minority Rights Day at the Frere Hall here on Friday. There were members of the minority communities as well as those who empathise with them. All chanted
The white part of our flag has for years been seen as an ‘ode’ to ‘minorities’ – one would assume religious minorities for the most part – that are also on paper at least an equal part of Pakistan. That white part
KARACHI: Minority rights in Pakistan has been a matter of concern and subject of discussion for many years, eminent classical dance artist Sheema Kirmani along with several civil society activists told a news conference at the Karachi Press Club here on Wednesday.