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08 Jan, 25

By The Rise News
Forced Conversion, News

15-Year-Old Hindu Girl Converted After Abduction

Kajool Meghwar, a girl aged 15 and a few months, was abducted on December 29/30, 2024 from Gulzar Qureshi village, Mirpurkhas. She was forcibly converted to Islam at Pir Sarhandi shrine, and she was married to a man named Puhno, who is much older than her. Kajool is a Tenth-grade at Kot Ghulam Mohammad, Mirpurkhas. […]

08 Nov, 24

By The Rise News
News

Singer Saif Samejo Threatened with Death

Karachi (TRN): Saif Samejo, a renowned singer, recently faced death threats from Abdul Hakeem Siyal, a professor at a government college. Siyal approached Samejo’s café in Hyderabad, repeatedly declaring, “We will never leave him; we will kill him.” Samejo expressed confusion over the threats, stating he had no idea why Siyal wanted him dead or […]

By The Rise News
Editorial

Blasphemy Case in the Killing of Dr. Shahnawaz: Justice, if Truth Prevails

Those who caused this gruesome injustice are called to find the truth. In Pakistan, truth often dies at the hands of biased committees, which fail to uncover the full reality or instead present half-truths that only serve to strengthen lies. Sindh government has formed a committee to investigate the killing of Dr. Shahnawaz Kanbhar, whose […]

04 Jul, 24

By The Rise News
News

Nasrullah’s Mother Leads Protest, Urging Sindh Government for Justice

Karachi: Despite the sweltering weather and high humidity, people gathered in profusion at the Karachi Press Club on July 3, 2024, to lead a march to the Chief Minister House, Sindh. A mother, Amma Pathani, whose son, Nasrullah Gadani, was murdered in the last week of May, this year, led this protest. A protestor spoke […]

25 May, 24

By The Rise News
Editorial

Journalist Nasrullah Gadani: Who Killed Him?

Journalism is often called the first draft of history, and in Sindh, district Ghotki, in the small city Mirpur Mathelo, a journalist named Nasrullah Gadani embodied this principle. On 21, 2024, he was shot, and two days later; on May 24, 2024, he succumbed to his injuries. He challenged powerful groups whether they were […]

By The Rise News
Editorial

Sindh Government Silence Spurs Tribal Feud

Another tribal feud – another killing. In May 2024, Behram Sawand was crucified in a tribal feud as the police claimed. The Sandarani-Sawand tribal dispute started with honor killing, which resulted in the killings of around 30 people on either side. The provincial government, which should protect citizens, has completely failed to fulfill its […]

24 Apr, 24

By The Rise News
Forced Conversion, News

A-13-year Hindu girl married after conversion to Islam

Karachi: After disappearing from her home, a minor girl named Neena converted to Islam and married off to Mehdi Hassan. A minor girl named Neena is of the Gujarati community, who lives in Kot Ghulam Mohammad, disappeared from her home around 2:00 or 3:00 am on April 22, 2024. Her family discovered in the early […]

21 Apr, 24

By The Rise News
Editorial

Bring Priya Kumar Back!

It has been 33 months and 976 days since a little girl Priya Kumari, disappeared. News like this rarely makes a big headline in Pakistan’s elite media, nor do elite politicians seem concerned about it. Because every day, children are kidnapped and are sexually abused. In 2023 alone, there were 1,930 reported cases in […]

10 Jun, 23

By The Rise News
Forced Conversion, Video

A Hindu girl’s Mother beseeched the state for her daughter

08 Jun, 23

By The Rise News
Forced Conversion, News

Raveena Meghwar, aged 15 converted to Islam after abduction

Tando Allahyar: On May 25, 2023, Raveena Meghwar, aged 15, was abducted from the town of Chambar, District Tando Allahyar, Sindh. Raveena had been married off to a Muslim man after conversion. The girl is underage and Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act prohibits child marriage in the province of Sindh. The girl’s brother Dilip Meghwar […]