RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND MINORITIES’ DISCRIMINATION: A CASE STUDY OF CHRISTIANS’ SOCIO-ECONOMIC DISCRIMINATION IN PAKISTAN
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https://doi.org/10.61506/01.00012Keywords:
Religion,, minority discrimination,, Christianity,, islam,, pakistan, South AsiaAbstract
Religion is the personal matters of citizens. They can choose or quit any religion according to their desires. The local and international constitutional provisions preserve the religious rights of the citizens. But in the perspective of South Asia, the same is not being protected. The South Asian countries mainly Pakistan and India are not perceived the satisfactory states regarding the protection of minorities’ rights. The Christians are facing social, economic and political issues in Pakistan. the current study is intended to point the major problems the Christians are facing in the perspective of Pakistan.
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