The Ongoing Struggle of Pakistan’s Punjabi Christians

The Ongoing Struggle of Pakistan’s Punjabi Christians.

This long read profiles the plight of Punjabi Christian refugees in Thailand, who are originally from Pakistan. Asif Aqeel and Sama Faruqi’s detailed research into their historical background, provides us with an understanding for their escape from their homeland. It began right from the early days of the Indian sub-continent’s partition by the British, into India and Pakistan at their independence, and subsequently, Bangladesh parted from Pakistan. The persecution and discrimination are overt, and this minority community, with barely any support from their government, is forced to survive on their own.

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