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Pakistan

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CIA World Factbook

Country Overview

Targeted Groups
Perpetrators
Alert Status
Genocide Stage(s)
  • Religious Minorities (Shia, Ahmadiyya, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus)

  • Political Opposition 

  • Women 

  • LGBTQIA+ 

  • Journalists 

  • Activists 

  • Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party 

  • State Police

  • Extremist Groups (Pakistani Taliban/TTP, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi/LeJ) 

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Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 5: Organization, Stage 6: Polarization, Stage 9: Persecution

Details

Pakistan faces a deepening human rights crisis rooted in its colonial legacy, marked by military dominance, fragile democratic institutions, and widespread violence against vulnerable groups. Women are subjected to gender-based violence, including honor killings, forced marriage, and rape, while religious minorities face persecution under blasphemy laws. Journalists, activists, and academics are silenced through censorship, arrests, and violence, as militant attacks and regional instability, particularly tensions with India and Afghanistan, further erode the protection of fundamental rights.

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Resources

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Pakistan’s Most Persecuted Minority Suffers Further Discrimination | VOA News

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'Every year we dig mass graves': the slaughter of Pakistan’s Hazara

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Pakistan’s Shia genocide

Page last updated:
05/08/2026
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