Minority rights in Pakistan

1. Minority rights in Pakistan
PST-1101

2. Submitted to:
Sir Sanwal Hussain Kharl
Section D2
Submitted by:
Areej Khalid (418-BH-ENV-18)
HAFSA IJAZ (1424-BS-PHY-21)
MOUGHIRAH RASHID (1028-BS-MATH-21)
RAFFAY NAWAB (0840-BS-ENV-21)
MUHAMMAD FEROZE AWAIS (1476-BS-PHY-21)

3. Contents
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Introduction
Demographics
Why minority rights are important?
Quaid’s vision of minorities
Constitutional provision for minorities
Basic rights
Manifestation of violation of minority rights
Conclusion/recommendations

4. Introduction:
A minority group, by its original definition, refers to a group of people whose
practices, race, religion, ethnicity, or other characteristics are fewer in numbers than
the main groups of those classifications.
Pakistan has various religious minorities. According to the 1951 census conducted by
the Government of Pakistan, Pakistan had 1.6% Hindu population. In East Pakistan
(Bangladesh) the non-Muslims comprised 23.2% of the total population.
Much of the decrease in minorities of Pakistan has occurred due to the events around
the partition, the wars of 1965 and 1971. Forced conversions and marriages occur
largely in rural and backward areas in Pakistan. November 2019, Pakistan formed
parliamentary committee to stop the act of forced conversion in the country.
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5. In recent years, Pakistan has seen development in safeguarding the rights of the
minorities. For instance In 2019, Supreme Court of Pakistan gave verdict that
Christians would be able to register their marriages with an official marriage
certificate.
In another case, Pakistan opened the Kartarpur Corridor, allowing Sikh pilgrims
from around the world to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, one of the holiest shrines
in Sikhism as a goodwill gesture towards minorities
Similarly, a judge nullified the "free-will" marriage of a Hindu girl, Mehik
Kumari, and confirmed that she was underage when she "embraced" Islam and
married a Muslim man. Activists had argued that Kumari was abducted
and forcibly converted to Islam.
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6. Demographics
In 2012, according to the (NADRA), the population of officially registered
religious minorities in Pakistan was as follows:
Baha'is: 33,734
Parsis: 4,020
Buddhists: 1,492
Others: 66,898
As per 2017 census, Pakistan have a population of 207,684,000
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7. Demographics
Pakistan Religious minorities as per (2017 census)[21]
Religious minorities Population %
Hindus () 4,444,437 2.14%
Christians () 2,637,586 1.27%
Ahmadiyyas 207,688 0.09%
Sikhs () 20,768 0.01%
Others
(inc. Jews, Jains, Buddhists, ethists)
20,767 0.01%
Total 7,331,246 3.53%
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8. Why minority rights are important?
and
Quaid’s vision on minority rights
RAFFAY NAWAB (0840-BS-ENV-21)

9. Importance of minority rights:
Protection of national minorities, rights and freedom of members of minorities
are all parts of international protection of human rights.
It is important to ensure that persons belonging to a national minority enjoys
effective equality with those persons belonging to the majority.
The participation of persons belonging to minorities in public affairs and in all
aspects of the political, economic, social and cultural life of the country where
they live is in fact essential to preserving their identity and combating social
exclusion.

10. Quaid’s vision:
We favor the teachings of prophet (PBUH).we are members of brotherhood in
Islam in which all the people are equal in rights, dignity and self respect.
Consequently, we have and a special and very deep sense of unity.
You ay belong to any religion ,cast or creed that has nothing to do with the state.
You are free, you are free to go to your temples ,free to go to your mosques or to
any other place or worship in the state of PAK.

11. Constitutional provisions and Rights
of minorities
MOUGHIRAH RASHID
(1028-BS-MATH-21)

12. • The constitution of Pakistan defines our country as an “Islamic State”. Pakistan is predominantly a State
established for Muslims but many non-Muslims have been living here since its establishment. The
constitution of Pakistan stands for equality and justice for all people regardless of caste, gender,
religion, region and language. Qualitative methodology has been used.
• The Constitution of Pakistan, in Article 25 (1), guarantees that “all citizens are equal before law and are
entitled to equal protection of law.”
• Article 5 provides that “adequate provision shall be made for the minorities to freely profess and
practice their religions and develop their cultures,” and Article 33 ...
• According to Article 26 of the constitution, there must be no discrimination shown against any citizen
solely on the grounds of religion, gender, caste, race, residence etc.
Constitutional Provisions for Minorities in Pakistan

13. Objectives;
The Minorities of Pakistan are living with religious harmony, but some where they are facing
multiple challenges such as;
1. Job discrimination,
2. socio-economical, political and religious prejudices that must be attend with sincerity and
meaningful measures to eliminate them.
The main objectives of the research are;
1. Provide an overview of the true implementation of the constitutional rights given to the
minorities.
2. Suggest constitutional improvement about minority.

14. Minority rights
The Constitution of Pakistan must protect minority rights in Pakistan at all costs not only to provide
them with a better life style and equality in life but to present Pakistan as a great nation worldwide.
1. Rights of equality:
The constitution of Pakistan grants equality of rights to the minorities.
This right is based upon supremacy of law.it means that minority living in Pakistan are also provided
equal protection of law and all are treated equally without any kind of discrimination.
2. Social rights:
All the minorities living in Pakistan have protection of social rights. They are given equal social status
everywhere in the society.

15. 3. Rights of property:
The minorities have the freedom of purchase and sale of property. They can sale or
purchase any property according to their own will.no person can be deprived of his
property without acceptable compensation. No discrimination is shown to sale or
purchase property from the non- Muslims.
4. Right to life and personal liberty:
this is one of the most important point of basic human rights.it provides base to the
concept of rule of law. It stands for the importance of human life, honor and liberty
except in accordance with law i.e. no person can be arrested, except law authorizes
such arrest or restriction. The minorities freely enjoy their rights to life and personal
liberty.

16. 5. Rights to freedom:
The minorities have freedom of speech, expression, association, occupation, and
peaceful assembly. They can fully participate in the political system of Pakistan and
have the right to criticize the government.
They are free to profess any religion.
They are free to attend any educational institution. There are so many Christian
educational institutions run by Christians.in Lahore, Forman Christian College and
University is run by Christians and students from all over the Pakistan come here for
education.

17. Manifestation of violation of rights of minorities in Pakistan
HAFSA IJAZ (1424-BS-PHY-21)

18. Women IDPS
Christian/
Hindus
Ahmadi’s
Minorities

19. Women:
Almost 50% of population
No reflection in electoral process
Examples:
In KPK (Mansehra)2018, women were not
allowed to vote
In Kabirwala Tehsil (Mohri pur) there is no
right for women to vote
Delay in constitutional provisions
Low women participation in NA and PA.
Injustice in Education and property rights
Hindus:
A survey carried out by All Pakistan Hindu
Rights Movement revealed that out of 428
Hindu temples in Pakistan only around 20
survive today.
 In the aftermath of the Babri Masjid
demolition Pakistani Hindus faced riots. Mobs
attacked five Hindu temples in Karachi and set
fire to 25 temples in towns across the province
of Sindh.
 Jain Mandar at Jain Mandar Chowk in Lahore
5,000 Hindus are migrating from Pakistan to
India every year.

20. Christian:
In 2005, a mob set churches and Christian schools on fire in Faisalabad, forcing
Christians to flee from their homes.
On 15 March 2015, two blasts took place at Roman Catholic Church and Christ
Church during Sunday service at Youhanabad town of Lahore. At least 15 people
were killed and seventy were wounded in the attacks.
Pakistan had the highest number of Christians killed in the world during the 12-
month time period of 1 November 2015 to 31 October 2016, with 76 Christians
being killed in the country. Pakistan also topped the list of most number of
documented church attacks, accounting for 600 of the total 1329 churches attacked
worldwide during the same time period.
Ghastly murder of Siri Lankan man in Sialkot.

21. IDPs:
(internally displaced people)
Hindus migration to India
Natural disaster impacts
Earthquakes 2005 and Hunza lake 2010 flooding
Security crises