In Multan, Roshani Shakeel was the victim of a forced marriage last March. The human rights violation was possible because of the complicity of local authorities and the imam who facilitated the conversion. “They are torturing our family,” the girl’s mother told AsiaNews. For activist Joseph Jansen, “This systemic failure must be addressed”.

After months of clashes with the judiciary, most notably over the imprisonment of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, the government led by Shehbaz Sharif has approved a constitutional amendment empowering a parliamentary committee with appointing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, hitherto chosen based on seniority. For experts, this is a new attempt to limit the powers to which the opposition can turn to.

Initiated by Archbishop Joseph Arshad, the diocesan tournament is now in its fifth year, involving 14 teams from the various parishes. A sign of the attention paid to young people in the conviction that sport can also help minorities emerge from the margins of Pakistani society.

Accused of throwing away waste paper with sacred inscriptions, a fact they denied. The lawyer speaks of bad intentions towards the women, one of whom is also a widow. Activist Joseph Jansen: ‘This abuse of the laws must stop before more innocent lives are lost’.

At least 21 victims - mostly Pashtuns - in a terrorist assault on the homes of workers in one of the economic activities seen as a symbol of Islamabad's control over local resources. Local activists to AsiaNews: ‘People are angry, we need real initiatives for dialogue with the Baluchis. But terrorism only aggravates the problems’.

Launched by the Hope for Light association, it is a dream that began in the 1990s but never realised. It is seen as a point of reference but also an open space for the contributions of young readers. “I humbly appeal to all the Sunday Schools of all denominations to ensure all children have access to Baily,” said the Anglican bishop of Peshawar, the Rt Rev Humphrey Peters.