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  Pakistan: Two Hindu traders kidnapped by gangsters in Punjab province

  World | October 09, 2024 19:13 IST

  The gangsters have demanded the release of their accomplices in exchange for the Hindu businessmen they kidnapped. A police team has been constituted to recover the kidnapped Hindus and some five others recently abducted by the dacoits, police said.

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  Pakistan: Hindus, including women and children, stage protests after vandalism of Rama Pir Temple

  World | September 17, 2024 11:58 IST

  Protesters alleged that a religious ceremony was going on in the Rama Pir Temple when a fight broke out between some people and escalated into open firing inside the temple premises. Four people were injured in the chaos and a case was filed against 11 people.

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  Pakistan: Minor Hindu girl abducted, married off to elderly man and converted to Islam in Sindh

  World | September 12, 2024 23:06 IST

  Shiva Faqir Kaachi, who heads the Pakistan Darawar Ittehad organisation, said the 16-year-old girl was abducted from her village in Hunguru on Wednesday and forcibly married off to a much older man who converted her to Islam.

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  Pakistan: Hindu candidate Saveera Parkash vows to build better ties with India ahead of elections

  World | January 03, 2024 7:26 IST

  The 25-year-old Parkash's nomination is historic as she is the first Hindu to contest the upcoming Pakistan general elections in the relatively conservative province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Parkash said that if elected, she will help the problems of Hindus living in Pakistan and 'across the border'.

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  Pakistan: Who is Saveera Parkash, first Hindu woman to contest for National Assembly elections

  World | December 26, 2023 11:46 IST

  Parkash will contest polls on a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) ticket, the second-largest party in the Senate. The party is currently headed by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari who had visited Goa for the G20 Summit this year.

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  Hindu family in Pakistan tortured, held hostage for fetching drinking water from mosque

  World | September 20, 2021 12:23 IST

  The police did not register a case as the attackers were related to a local parliamentarian of Prime Minister Imran Khan's ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.

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  Human shield to protect Hindus celebrating Holi in Pakistan

  World | March 06, 2015 20:07 IST

  Islamabad: A human shield was formed at the Holi celebrations at Swami Narayan Temple in Karachi to show solidarity with and protect Hindus in attendance.The National Student's Federation (NSF) organised the formation of a human

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  Hindus to return to Pakistan after PTI comes to power: Imran Khan

  World | October 20, 2014 15:31 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan's opposition leader Imran Khan has said that the Hindus who fled the country after being persecuted will return home if his party comes to power."I am hopeful that people from Hindu community, who