This document summarizes racial discrimination in Pakistan across several areas: - Racial discrimination is discrimination based on religion, race, skin color, caste, or ethnic origin by refusing business, social interaction, or sharing of resources. - Pakistan faces discrimination among its various ethnic groups from provinces, leading to conflicts. Baloch people feel deprived economically, socially, and politically by outsiders. - Women face discrimination in the forms of honor killings, lack of inheritance rights, and domestic violence, and are seen as a lesser gender. - Darker skin is associated with rejection and the skin lightening industry, while ethnic groups like those from Lyari face issues. - Religious minorities, especially

2. DATE OF SUBMISSION:
MAY 25TH, 2021
 Course: Composition & Writing skills
 Course Code: ELL 110
 Submitted to: Ms. Shazia Sultana
 Submitted By: Group 3
1. Asman Zaheer _ LF2237
2. Ayesha Iffat _ LF2238
3. Azba Manzoor _ LF2239

3. RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION IN
PAKISTAN

4. COVERING POINTS ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
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What is
Racial
discrimina
tion?
Racial
discriminatio
n based on
ethnic groups
Racial
Discriminati
on based on
religion
Racial
Discriminati
on based on
gender
Racial
Discriminati
on based on
skin color
How to
combat
Racial
discriminati
on?

5. WHAT IS RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION?
 Racial discrimination is a discrimination against any
individual on the basis of religion, race, skin color, caste, and
ethnic origin.
 Individuals can discriminate by refusing to do business with,
socialize with, or share resources with people of a certain
group.

6. RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION
BASED ON DIFFERENT
ETHNIC GROUPS
 There are several ethnic groups in Pakistan.
 Provinces are not ethnically homogenous which often leads
to conflict with each other.
 Pakistan has faced the process of disintegration in form of
separation of East Pakistan in 1971 in very short period of its
independence.
 Baloch do not feel comfortable with other ethnic identities
because they feel that outsiders are a major source to deprive
them from different economic, social and political
advantages. Baloch often come into conflict with other ethnic
identities.

7. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON
GENDER
Honor
killings
Deprived of
Inheritance
right
Domestic
violence
Considered
lesser gender
than male
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8. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SKIN COLOR

9.  Rejection of entries of Pakistani comedians
to International Laughter Festival.
 Our idea of beauty is fair skin tone.
 Multi-million dollars skin whitening
industry.
 Pakistanis of African origin i.e. Lyari
Community.

10. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AMONG RELIGIOUS MINORITY
Steps were taken in regime of Gen. Zia ul Haq to prevent discrimination
among minorities but it increased stereotypes in society.
Rise in violence and persecution started taking place in the 1970s on the basis of
sects and religion which has caused immense amount of discrimination.
Attacks on Shia community, especially against Hazaras in Balochistan.
Between January 2001 and October 2011, at least 386 violent
of Hazaras were reported, and these attacks continue today.
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11. ISLAMIC
PERSPECTIVE ON
RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION

12. HOW TO COMBAT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN PAKISTAN?

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