Michele Borzoni


Editorial

Christians in Pakistan

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With 1.6% of the population and some 3 million believers, the Christian minority in Pakistan is the second largest religious minority after Hindus.

Christians in Pakistan

After the partition of the Indian subcontinent and with the Zia-ul-Haq’s islamization of Pakistan, a forced implementation of Islamic Sharia law marginalized the Christian minority and caused intense persecutions.

Nowadays, the majority of Christian believers coming from rural areas across the country, live in ghettos or “colonies” in the big cities. As a consequence of the cast system legacy, the majority of Christians work in the cleaning and sanitary field, as sort of untouchables.