Khadim Hussain Rizvi is a man whom many won’t know outside of Pakistan but he is a powerful voice and represents Muslim majoritarian mindset. When Sindh was contemplating a Bill to protect forced conversion he was the first one to jump on the protest wagon. He is also a supporter of blasphemy laws and had […]
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Sindh nationalist party declared ‘only’ threat to China Pakistan Economic Corridor
Sindh nationalist group JSMM (Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz) has slammed what it called is the ‘genocidal plan’ of Pakistan’s military institutions to crack down on JSMM for the sake of the controversial China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The 17th Apex Committee meeting was held on 3 November 2016 at 11.00 am under the chairmanship of Chief […]
Pakistan: Number of Minority voters increase, Hindus lead
Pakistan has seen an increase in the number of minority votes with the religious minorities reaching close to 3 million now. 13 districts in Sindh and 2 in Punjab have a significant presence of the minority votes. Dawn.com, a Pakistani newspaper has reported that as per the document of the Election Commission of Pakistan, which […]
Pakistani Hindus want advance salary this Diwali
Pakistani Hindus are requesting the Sindh government to pay them advance salaries before their festival Diwali which is on October 30. The employees working in the Karachi Municipal Corporation and other departments of Sindh government are requesting this. Parkash P Chanal who is a leader of the Pakistan Harijan Federation said that the members request […]
Hindu burial ground targeted in Malkani Sharif
A Hindu burial ground in Malkani Sharif was vandalized and the dead bodies of a woman and two men from the Rabari tribe were dug out and desecrated. Widely believed to be the work of the black-magicians, the news has, however, failed to get reported in the mainstream media of Pakistan. An FIR has been […]
Pakistan wants Dancing Girl but may not allow teaching dance in schools
Pakistan is a country that always manages to find itself in a dilemma. As the news is floating that a Pakistani lawyer Javed Iqbal Jaffrey has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court on Monday demanding that the government brings back a 5,000-year-old bronze statue called ‘Dancing Girl’ from India one wonders what would happen […]
Hindu family protests against land mafia in Karachi
Karachi: A poor Hindu family living in the Gadap Town, a town in the northwestern part of Karachi, protested in front of the Karachi Press Club as the land mafia is making their lives hell. Minorityvoices.pk reported their agitation which has been translated by us at www.currentriggers.com. This agitation took place last Tuesday and the […]
Mental retardation increasing in Pakistan due to cousin marriages: Pakistani researchers
A team of 12 Pakistani researchers has concluded that the reason for mental retardation in the Pakistani population is the prevalence of the cousin marriages. The researchers were from the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU), Islamabad, and they collaborated with the scientists from the Netherlands and the USA for this pathbreaking report on […]
5-year old Hindu girl forced to convert in Pakistan
The young girls of the minority community are seeing a spike in the atrocities that are done against them. In another case, a 5-year old Hindu girl Shanu Maheshwary has been forced to convert to Islam. Another 14-year old Hindu girl Momal Maheshwary has also been forced to convert due to the pressure of the […]