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In 2009, a series of attacks killed eight Christians in Gojra, [29] four women, three men and a child. [30] In 2013, a suicide bombing at a church in Peshawar left more than 100 people dead, and a series of attacks at churches in Lahore in 2015 left 14 dead. [31]
[30] [10] [6] [32] [9] According to Dawn, compared to the more affluent Pakistani Christian communities of Anglo-Indians and Goan Catholics, who at the time of independence lived in the major cities, were proficient in English, and maintained upper-class British cultural mannerisms, the chuhras reflected the lower socioeconomic end of Pakistan ...
The priesthood is reserved for men in the Catholic Church2. While men and women pray separately in Islam, women frequently have restricted room in mosques. [64] Such traditions demonstrate the complicated interplay of prejudice at the intersection of gender and religion. [citation needed] Sikhs believe in equality of men and women.
Moreover, Pakistan's first law minister, Jogendar Nath Mandal, clearly stated in his resignation from the cabinet of Prime Minister Liaqat Ali Khan. "I gave expression to this view of mine. I must say that this policy of driving out Hindus from Pakistan has succeeded completely in West Pakistan and is nearing completion in East Pakistan too." [15]
There are several titles used in Pakistan and other Muslim countries. Syed, Shaikh, Khawaja, Pasha, Malik etc. are common. Less commonly, the tribal name itself is appended to the person's given names. For females, tribal names or titles rarely figure in the person's full name although it has become more common due to Western influence.
Pakistanis (Urdu: پاكِستانى قوم, romanized: Pākistānī Qaum, lit. ' Pakistani Nation ') are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023.
Khawaja Nazimuddin, Pakistan's second Prime Minister, argued against equal rights for all citizens in an Islamic state. [17] However, The Constitution of Pakistan establishes Islam as the state religion, [18] and provides that all citizens have the right to profess, practice and propagate their religion subject to law, public order, and morality. [19]
According to Baháʼí sources, the Baháʼí population in Pakistan was around 30,000 in 2001, [14] and around 1,000 individuals had completed Ruhi Book 1 by 2004. [17]The first edition of World Christian Encyclopedia (1982) estimated the Baháʼís in Pakistan to be 100 in 1900, 15,100 in 1970, 20,000 in 1975, and 25,000 in 1980, with an annual growth rate of 4.5% from 1970 to 1980. [18]