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Introduction.
The minorities of Pakistan are the main target of racial stereotypes and their communities are
highly affected by the political activities and agendas. This research paper will try to explore
the impact of politics and laws of Pakistan on the minorities and we will analyse how
Ahmadis, Christians, Hindus and other minorities suffer in the country because of thier
identity and political interests. As much as we try to deny it, racial stereotypes still prevail in
our society as a major flaw. From our everyday life to rare events, we experience racial
stereotypes at an uncontrollable pace. Racism is not only restricted to but it is also found in
other countries on different basis. In Pakistan, we observe the practice of racism based on
religious belief that may include Shia Sunni conflicts, Ahmedi community issues, minority
Objectives.
1- Explore how the minorities are being affected by the political activities.
3- To put forward solutions about how the minorities can be saved from the dirty politics.
Research Gap.
In the previous research papers, enough research has been conducted on the minorities and
their living in Pakistan but no one has ever looked at and analysed the situation from a
political aspect in Pakistan since this is considered to be a sensitive topic in the country.
Hence, our research will stand out from the rest since it will target the political impact on the
minorities.
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Literature Review.
The author – Jawad explains his experience as an Ahmedi in the Pakistani society in this
article and throws light on an incident which took place in his life and still serves as a
nightmare for him. Jawad’s father is known as Sheikh in the society and his father served as a
judge in the past too. Unfortunately, Sheikh lost his life during an attack on the Ahmedi
community leaving behind a grieving family. But it does not end here as Sheikh was
continually receiving threats from unknown people who threatened Sheikh that they would
kill the Ahmedi’s on his son’s wedding and as a result, they had to employ high security on
the wedding to avoid any disturbance. Not only that, but every member of the Ahmadi
community has to face some kind of discrimination in the society as Jawad explains how the
shopkeepers refused to sell his wife a tooth brush. This practice is quite common in our
society as people refuse to sell or buy stuff from the people belonging to the Ahmedi
community. It would be safe to say that the blasphemy law plays a major role in moulding the
mindset of people as the law is being misused to a great extent in the society. Majority of the
people are against the Ahmadi community and are raising their children in a manner that
encourages the children to hate the entire community too. Such attitude cam restricts the
diversity in country and lead to major setbacks like mass attacks and terrorism. The Ahmedi
community is an oppressed community of our society and they are threatened to a level
where they tend to hide their identity now in order to avoid any unwanted and unfortunate
The author – Khokhar depicts the dark side of our society with us as he tells us about how the
minorities are treated in our society. Khokhar tells us about the incident which took place in
2017 when a 17-year-old Christian boy – Sheron Masih got admission in a public school
where the majority of the students were Muslims and while trying to fit in, Sheron was
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drinking water from the cooler when the other boys started beating him brutally with the
sticks and kept on beating him until the last breath left his fragile body. (Khokhar, 2018)
The author emphasizes on the fact that such behaviors from minors just give us an idea about
the tip of the ice berg as such attitudes arise from a proper pattern of behavior. When the
parents do not teach their children the ethics that advise them to treat minorities with respect,
such incidents occur and this hate will prevail in the society. Until proper awareness is raised
Zaigham Khan in 2016 in his article Insult the Baloch stated that Balochi people are
stereotyped to the great extent and it is said that they are uncivilized people who only know
fighting and killing and it is considered that they don’t have a proper way of living and they
live in deserts. The writer has criticized the textbook which is named Sociology of Pakistan
and said that this textbook teaches us many aspects of stereotypes and has made the Baloch
community angry to the larger extent and that this is garbage that is being put in the mind of
young people. It has been used in the colleges for over two decades but no controversy has
The atrocities on the minorities do not end here as another minor Christian girl Arzoo was
recently raped and later on her custody was given to her rapist who claimed that they were in
love. After an awareness campaign on social media, she has finally been shifted to a shelter
where she is kept safe and secure away from her rapist. This incident tells us about how
powerful the social media platforms can be when it comes to making justice prevail in the
Sectarianism is a major problem in countries like Pakistan as people refuse to tolerate people
belonging to different sects. Baloch explains in his article how the Shias, being a minority
suffer at the hands of the society in Pakistan. Shias are usually targeted by the other sects and
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Shias are more likely to get attacked by the racial stereotypes as they have various
associations attached to them and majority of the people assume the Shia’s to be non-
If we look at the culture of northern sides in Pakistan, the people are friendly but they are
extremely intolerant towards the Shia community as the author explains how she witnessed
the Pashtuns getting killed by the locals solely for being a Shia. People from all around the
world refuse to eat and hang around with the Shia community and have attached absurd
storied to their identity. An example of such association is that where people assume that
Shia’s use the saliva of horse in their food which is fake and moreover, many people make
Methodology.
In order to conduct the research in a proper way and a suitable manner, it is essential to
design a structured methodology to make sure that the data is collected and interpreted
properly. The study can be made smooth and manageable when given a path by
Methodology. Methodology can include various features and way like the questionnaires,
The study being conducted by us looks at the impact of politics on minorities in Pakistan but
in order to measure that impact, we must design a sound and suitable methodology that would
While conducting the research, we have to be careful about following the SOPs of
Data collection.
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The data for the research being conducted by us will be obtained in the form of a
The link of that form will then be sent to various people who will serve as our respondents.
The respondents of the questionnaires will provide us with the required data and we will
Pakistanis.
The data will be collected according to the convenience of the customers and the respondents
Emails.
Direct messages.
The link will be shared on social media so that the viewers can fill in the questionnaire.
Sampling.
Sample size and technique plays an important role in the gathering of data when conducting a
research. We went through many research papers and articles in order to pen down the
literature review and after considering the previous articles, it was observed that the sample
size used by most of the researchers was 200 and hence, the sample size of this study is set to
Sampling technique.
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The sampling technique used by the study will be Random sampling because everyone is a
consumer of something and all goods are packaged in one way or the other. Hence, the link to
the questionnaire will be distributed among the people to be filled and completed at their
convenience. This would also help us in gaining honest and reliable data.
Data Analysis.
Data collection is the first step and data analysis come later. For the analysis of the data, the
SPSS.
AMOS.
PLS 3.
The collected data will be run on these software’s to be observed and analysed.
SPSS stands for ‘Statistical Package for the Social Sciences’ and it is mostly used for
statistical data. The quantitative data will be managed and analysed using SPSS.
AMOS is also used for statistical analysis but it is mainly used for the analysis of moment
modelling, path analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis is usually done by AMOS. AMOS
Theoretical framework.
The theoretical framework would include 3 Independent variables and 1 dependent variable
for the study. The following diagram shows the theoretical framework.
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The independent variables of our study would be Political campaigns, laws and policies and
social activities and we will observe their impact on the minority rights in Pakistan.
H2 - The laws and policies have a negative impact on minority rights in Pakistan.