On Feb. 3, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) blocked Wikipedia nationwide. In its statement before the ban, the PTA said the online encyclopedia had refused to remove “sacrilegious contents” from the website. In 2020, Continue Reading
Alarming numbers in blasphemy cases in Pakistan. From Jan 1 to May 10, 2023: 57 alleged blasphemy cases & 4 extrajudicial killings were reported. Punjab hit hardest with 28 cases, Continue Reading
A mob in eastern Pakistan stormed a police station on Saturday, snatched a Muslim man accused of blasphemy from custody and lynched him, in the country’s latest religion-linked killing. Muhammad Waris, in Continue Reading
The Pakistani government did not amend or repeal blasphemy law provisions that have provided a pretext for violence against religious minorities and have left them vulnerable to arbitrary arrest and Continue Reading
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) launched its 7th annual Freedom of Thought Report at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City last year. For the first Continue Reading
Most of us want to be happy, and most of us want our lives to be meaningful. And psychologists confirm that we are happier when we feel our lives have Continue Reading
Female Infanticide in Pakistan at its peak, In 2017 Edhi Foundation, a non-profit operating in the region, found 355 dead infants from the garbage dumps across Pakistan. The bodies of over 300 Continue Reading
