Decades ago, converts thought the country would be a refuge from the caste system. Today, they are subject to discrimination, including stricter blasphemy laws. Two Christian Pakistani teenagers ...

In Pakistan’s northwest city of Peshawar, as many as 80% of Christians are sanitation workers. According to the 2022 census, 3.27% of urban Pakistanis living in Punjab province are Christian.

Some Scheduled Caste members do reach parliament, says Mangla Sharma, a member of the coordination committee of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan. Sharma was the party’s member in the Sindh ...

The caste system is a tiered socioeconomic system that consigns people to a particular group, or caste. In Hinduism, this system is part of its religious worldview. People are born into a ...

Caste can be found in other countries such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and in the diaspora worldwide, and in faith communities including Buddhists, Christians ...

Caste can be found in other countries such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and in the diaspora worldwide, and in faith communities including Buddhists, Christians ...