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Hyderabad, Pakistan – About two months ago, a Muslim businessman approached Dharmo Sochi and put a gun to his head, demanding his Hindu daughter’s hand in marriage.The businessman, Jameel Solangi, allegedly threatened the family with abduction and murder unless they acquiesced. Sochi’s 16-year-old daughter, Madhuri, had previously been harassed by Solangi but was too traumatised to [...]

Islamabad: Hindus in Pakistan are the worst victims of rape, says a report by an independent American group. In the past 18 months, seven incidents of Hindu girls being raped were reported, says the study by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Not only this, two Hindus were killed and four injured in 16 [...]

NEW DELHI: Over the past one year, the Narendra Modi-led government has granted Indian citizenship to over 4,200 Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan and Afghanistan which is nearly four times the number of the preceding five years.  Figures at the end of April 2015 showed that the BJP government approved citizenship for 4,230 Hindus and Sikhs [...]

A Pak court has set free 97 Hindus, including women and children, who had been kept as bonded labourers at a brick kiln in Pak’s Punjab province for the last four years. LAHORE: A Pakistani court has set free 97 Hindus, including women and children, who had been kept as bonded labourers at a brick [...]

Offering to help Pakistani Hindus who have taken refuge in the country, Gurjar community in UP’s Saharanpur district has drawn up plans to facilitate their rehabilitation and is encouraging marriages between local youths and girls from the displaced families. The campaign is backed by local BJP leaders including MP Raghav Lakhanpal. “We have come to [...]

HHR join London protest to highlight persecution of minorities in Pakistan [...]

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 [...]

NEW DELHI: As a first step to grant Indian citizenship to nearly one lakh Hindu refugees from Pakistan and Bangladesh, the Home Ministry today approved setting up of a task force to monitor and expedite processing of their citizenship and Long Term Visa (LTV) applications. Home Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed matters relating to grant of [...]

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’ [...]

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 [...]