Faith, Freedom, and the Cost of Inaction
By: Dr. Emanuel Adil Ghouri The forced marriage and religious conversion of underage minority girls continues to be a serious human rights concern in Pakistan. Despite repeated public outcry and…
Why Pakistan’s Minorities Deserve the Right to Elect Their Own Leaders Again
By: Naeem Tabassum My father, the late Faqir-ud-Din, first contested the provincial assembly election under a system that gave Pakistan’s religious minorities a voice of their own. From 1985 to…
When Life Drowned: Pakistan’s Silent Cry Beneath the Floods
By: Waqas Qamar Bhatti Pakistan is now a landscape that words can scarcely contain. Once celebrated for its lush green fields, the land has transformed into a waterlogged graveyard of…
The Ruined City
By: Azam Mairaj They say, thousands of years ago, on the shores of the Arabian Sea, there lay a small coastal settlement. It was a natural harbor, and upon it…
Minorities Commission Bill 2025: When Silence Becomes a Constitutional Consent
By: Yassar Talib The recent passage of the National Commission for Minorities Rights Bill 2025 by both houses of the Parliament was a landmark moment for the religious minorities of…
Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied: Legal System Fails the Poor in Pakistan
By: Luqman Ahmad Khan Despite constitutional guarantees of equal justice for all, Pakistan’s legal system continues to fail its poorest citizens, who face years-long delays, unaffordable legal fees, and systemic…
No Warning, No Mercy: Flash Floods in Texas and the Global Cost of Unpreparedness
By: Augustine Gill July 2025 will forever be remembered by the families of over 100 Texans who lost their lives—most of them children – in a flash flood that tore…
CSS Special 2023 and Pakistani Minorities
By: Azam Mairaj On 8th May 2020, the government of the time announced a Special CSS examination to fill the remaining vacancies for candidates from smaller provinces and minorities. From…
CSS Exam: Minority Quota and Foreign Office
Part 2 By: Azam Mairaj On May 14, 2025, the final results of the CSS Special Exam 2023 were announced. According to the published results, four minority candidates have been…
A Beacon of Hope: Revisiting the 2014 Supreme Court Judgment on Minority Rights in Pakistan
By: Kashif Nawab In a nation often marred by incidents of religious intolerance and sectarian violence, the 2014 Supreme Court judgment authored by then Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani stands…