Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Text books in Pakistani schools foster prejudice and intolerance of Hindus and other religious minorities, while most teachers view non-Muslims as ”enemies of Islam,” according to a study by a US government commission released on Wednesday. The findings indicate how deeply ingrained hard-line Islam is in Pakistan and help explain why militancy is often [...]

The Hindu girl was raped by three Pakistani men and threatened with death if she did not tell the court she had converted to Islam, but she stuck to her gun. “I am not Muslim. I am a Hindu. I want to go back with my parents,” teenager Marvi Kohli, who was kidnapped from Samaro [...]

Remove the white part of the national flag if you cannot give minorities justice, a Hindu resident of Gracey Lines said regretfully. Named after the second Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army General Douglas Gracey, the area is located in Block 4 of Chaklala Cantonment Board (CCB). Almost 50 families including Hindus, Christians, and [...]

JAIPUR: Octogenarian Kube Singh of Pakistan regrets his decision to stay back in Pakistan newly formed in 1947 after his Muslim neighbours’ assured him of a prosperous and hassle-free life in the new Islamic state. Singh, who is a father of seven sons, had never thought even in his wildest dreams of leaving his ancestors’ [...]

Islamabad, May 29 (IANS) Five Hindu children were kidnapped from Pakistan’s Balochistan province by unidentified armed men, media reported on Wednesday.The children aged between five to ten years were abducted late on Wednesday from Dera Allah Yar area while coming back from school, Dawn online quoted an official as saying. The kidnappers shifted the children [...]

AHIM YAR KHAN: The mob arrived at around midnight, brandishing clubs. They smashed statues, looted gold artefacts and then set the Hindu temple ablaze. An accusation of blasphemy sparked the attack in the town of Larkana, human rights activists said, part of a spike in violence against Hindus in predominately Muslim Pakistan. March was the worst [...]

Hindu families have demanded that the provincial education ministry include the study of their religion in the curriculum for Hindu students in place of Islamiat or ethics. Ethics is a substitute subject for Islamiat that non-Muslim students are allowed to take. They complained that the problem persists from primary level, even at private schools, where [...]

Chappals with the symbol of ‘OM’ on them were available in one of the markets of Pakistan. Om or Aum is of paramount importance in Hinduism. The chapplas were sold in Mirpur Sindh where large number of Hindu pop live. However, many journalist in Pakistan have condemned the circulation. Source [...]

In Pakistan’s stormy social currents, where the tide of sectarianism has chased out many Ahmadis and Shiites, life for minorities such as Hindus is becoming difficult. According to a recent report issued by the Movement for Solidarity and Peace in Pakistan, (MSP), 700 Christian and 300 Hindu women are being forced to convert and marry [...]

KARACHI: The silence of the government is a sign of their covert support for the perpetrators, said protesters regarding the recent attacks on Hindu places of worship. “Both the federal and the provincial governments are responsible for the attacks on our houses of worship as they have remained quiet and have done nothing to arrest the [...]