Kaleem Dean

The misuse of laws is invariably harmful. As human beings, speaking up or standing against social atrocities, abominations and injustices is the brighter side of our selves. Societies earn a better name when there is social equilibrium, but the presence of discriminatory laws, especially when these constitutional provisions are misused for pursuing ‘vendetta’ against the […]

Since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government came to power in India, persecution of minorities has increased to an alarming extent. Minorities’ leaders from all sections of Indian society including Christians and Muslims believe that violence against minorities has been triggered by the BJP’s fundamentalist approach. Anti-conversion laws are pushed to be introduced by some […]

The National Minorities’ Day is being observed on August 11 in Pakistan to reiterate determination to secure fundamental rights of minorities of Pakistan. In 2009, 11th August was designated as the minorities’ day by the then PPP government. The efforts of Shahbaz Bhatti, the Christian minister of minorities who was shot dead in 2011 by […]

From time to time, though feeble but voices do come from different corners of the country about the fair representation of minorities in the mainstream political system of Pakistan. The minorities’ electoral system does not match the democratic nature of the constitution of Pakistan. After several experiences from joint to separate electorate system, the “nomination […]

In a landmark decision, the Lahore High Court (LHC) restored section seven of Christian Divorce Act of 1869 omitted during General Zia-ul-Haq regime under the Federal Law Revision and Declaration Ordinance 1981. In the determination, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of the LHC promulgated that the law was unconstitutional that allowed annulment only when the wife […]

Chris Rogers, an investigative journalist of the BBC, and Wilson Chaudhry of British Pakistani Christian Association (BPCA), visited Thailand undercover, and prepared a documentary about the plight of Pakistani Christian asylum seekers in Thailand. In this BBC documentary, problems and difficulties people face dealing with the UNHCR and Thai immigration authorities were highlighted to a […]

I was reading the story of a young man in a newspaper, which was an account of the atrocities he suffered at the hands of his captors. People in whose custody Shahbaz Taseer remained for more than four years are not different from brutal butchers of the Roman Empire and medieval times. Beheading, denailing, crucifying […]

A truly unfortunate incident occurred in Chak 44, Mandi Bahauddin, district Gojra, when Imran Masih, a young Christian man was accused of blasphemy. While he was working with his Muslim colleagues, he showed them pictures of a wedding he had captured on his mobile phone. For a while he left his device with one of […]

London mayoral elections received world’s media attention after the United Kingdom Labour party-nominated Muslim candidate for mayoral race, Sadiq Khan, defeated his opponent Zac Goldsmith, the son of a billionaire from the ruling Tory party. Much heat was observed in their election campaigns during the last few days before the polling day. Khan’s challenger, Goldsmith […]

Asia bibi, a Christian woman has suffered in prisons of Pakistan since 2010 when she was allegedly involved in the blasphemy case over a small incident of drinking water from the same pot as her Muslim lady co-workers while working in a field. After an argument with Asia bibi, those women claimed that she denigrated […]