In a fresh incidence of systematic state persecution of minorities in Karachi the Metropolitan Corporation demolished a part of St. Joseph’s Church in Sadiqnagar as part of a campaign to demolish encroachments along the Gujjar Nullah. - Advertisement -Karachi Bachao Tehreek (Save Karachi Movement), a group comprising lawyers, human rights defenders, journalists and minority activists said the anti-encroachment squad of the Sindh government tore down the building despite protests from the Christian community. According to human rights organisations, as many as 1,000 non-Muslim girls, including Christians, are abducted each year. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recently published its 2021 Annual Report. The government systematically enforced blasphemy laws and failed to protect religious minorities from abuses by non-state actors.

Source: Pakistan Today September 13, 2021 16:18 UTC