Country: Pakistan

Hazaras are both an ethnic and religious minority in majority Sunni Pakistan. In Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, there are about half a million Hazara…

CREID online event, opened by the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, Rehman Chishti, and bringing together over 100 academics, faith…

Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, Rehman Chishti, opened this event which discussed what needs to be done to address religious…

Hazara Shia pilgrims returning home to Pakistan after travelling to Iran were quarantined beyond the recommended 14 days for Covid-19, in poor conditions and with…

Marzia Akhlaqi Fatima, aged 40, was one of the thousand Hazara-Shia pilgrims who were quarantined at Taftan (at the Pakistan-Iran border) after returning from the…

Originally published by The Diplomat (8 June 2020) Jaffer A. Mirza Referring to COVID-19 as “the Shia virus.” Denying aid to Christians and Hindus. These…

Naumana Suleman The world battles COVID-19 as we continue to lose lives and live under constant fear. While the pandemic has posed an immense challenge…

By Naumana Suleman, CREID Programme Officer at Minority Rights Group International On the 5th of May the government of Pakistan announced the establishment of a…

Pakistani Christians, who make up about 2% of the population but around 75-80% of sanitation workers, have been on the frontline of the fight against…

By Claire Thomas, Deputy Director of Minority Rights Group, and Aila Gill, CREID Program Coordinator From the US to the UK, many are outraged over the continued…

The world is faced with an unprecedented challenge and many argue that every resource we have should be deployed as fast and as fully as…

In Pakistan, as in many other countries with high levels of inequity, the pandemic has further widened the gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged groups and…