Sidra Jafri

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Bigotry & Intolerance reign in Islamic Republic!

News & Current Affairs Sidra Jafri - July 7, 2020 0

Minorities of any hue in Pakistan, have never been safe and always been threatened. Prime Minister Imran Khan has often asserted that Pakistan’s minorities...

‘Demolition of Hindu homes in Bahawalpur illegal, inhumane,‘ says HRCP

News & Current Affairs Sidra Jafri - June 12, 2020 0

Pakistan is a 97% Muslim majority country has an extremely small Hindu populace. The Hindu community has faced forced conversion, blasphemy attacks,...

Pakistan’s Economic woes: Pakistan continues to be nation with begging bowl

News & Current Affairs Sidra Jafri - April 13, 2020 0

Covid19 has hit every country in the world with developing countries, like Pakistan, amongst the hardest hit. Pakistan’s economic woes predate Covid19 but the country...

More Tanks than Ventilators expose misplaced Pak establishment priorities

News & Current Affairs Sidra Jafri - April 2, 2020 0

On March 30, Asfandiyar Mir, a University of Stanford based Post Doctoral fellow, posted these figures on Twitter comparing India...

Human rights organization cautions against spread of communal violence across South Asia

News & Current Affairs Sidra Jafri - March 3, 2020 0

February 2020 witnessed the worst anti-Muslim pogroms in India’s capital Delhi after the 2002 anti-Muslim Gujarat riots and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The Human...

Are Pakistani citizens less precious than All Weather Friend China?

News & Current Affairs Sidra Jafri - February 28, 2020 0

After weeks of obfuscating, and after every country in the world has issued warnings and tried to protect its citizens, Naya Pakistan of Prime...

HRCP Report on shutting down of minority communities sites of worship

News & Current Affairs Sidra Jafri - February 24, 2020 0

Pakistan’s track record of protection of its minorities – religious or ethnic – is abysmal. On February 24, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan...

Life is Getting Harder for Vulnerable Sections of Pakistan Society

News & Current Affairs Sidra Jafri - February 22, 2020 0

The mark of a society comes from how it treats its most vulnerable. The hari and mazdoor of Sindh are some of...

‘Is Pakistan Following China’s Lead in Controlling Social Media’

News & Current Affairs Sidra Jafri - February 17, 2020 0

One week ago, New Pakistan wrote about the repressive new social media regulations that were recently implemented by the government...

Terrorists have better human rights than average citizens?

News & Current Affairs Sidra Jafri - February 7, 2020 0

On January 11th, the former spokesman of the Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Ehsanullah Ehsan, escaped from his prison, and made his way to...

Why are Sanitation Workers in Pakistan Killing themselves? HRCP Explains the Suicides

News & Current Affairs Sidra Jafri - January 19, 2020 0

A society is known by whether or not it is able to protect its weakest citizens. In the last few...

Nankana Incident Shows Limits of Pakistan’s Khalistan Agenda

News & Current Affairs Sidra Jafri - January 3, 2020 0

Pakistan has often been described as one of the worst offenders of religious freedom and minority rights. While Prime Minister Imran Khan...

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