Islamabad, March 31 (IANS) The videos circulating on social media showing Pakistani police personnel using brute force against the Maachhi community — a traditional fishing group — in the Sindh province have raised grave concerns. The footage showed male and female police officials storming the fragile shanty shelters of the impoverished Maachhi community in the Umerkot region of Sindh, “dragging innocent, helpless, fast-observing women and young girls, tearing at their clothes, and huddling t…
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Islamabad, March 24 (IANS) Pakistan continues to grapple with the aftermath of the 2022 floods, with 14,343 schools out of over 19,500 schools damaged across Sindh still awaiting restoration, according to local media reports.During a review meeting on school reconstruction and rehabilitation with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, Education Minister Syed Sardar Shah informed that 19,808 schools across Sindh were damaged during the 2022 floods.Among the affected institutions, 5,465 schools…
Islamabad, Jan 5 (IANS) A 21-year-old Christian from Rawalpindi was disappeared from her home last November and forcibly converted to Islam in yet another case of forced conversion in Pakistan, a report highlighted on Monday.Monica Jennifer told a local court that she had converted to Islam and married her next-door neighbour.Speaking to Pakistan Christian Post, her family revealed that, in reality, Monica had been abducted and forcibly converted. A Protestant pastor, Imran Amanat, said that Chr…