Minorities in Pakistan Punjab face severe discrimination

Lahore, May 17 (ANI): Safeguarding of human rights in Pakistan, or more specifically in its largest Punjab province, is complex, given the nation's demographic diversity, huge population and a democracy that is an admixture of both Islamic and secular laws. Pakistan, in fact, is turning into a human rights graveyard. Pakistan's Christian community, which forms approximately 1.5 percent of the country's population, has often been accused of blaspheming the Quran and Prophet Mohammad. Some notable incidents involving blasphemy accusations were as follows: On October 28, 2001, in Lahore, Islamic militants killed 15 Christians inside a church. On September 25, 2002, two terrorists entered the "Peace and Justice Institute", Karachi, where they separated Muslims from the Christians, and then executed eight Christians by shooting them in the head. Ashiq Masih, the padre of the Lahore Church, then said, "The government is responsible for this incident. It is for the government to ensure that t