Asif Aqeel
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Asif Aqeel is a prominent journalist, researcher and writer, and a vocal member of Pakistan’s Christian community. His area of work is “Marginality & Exclusion”, with a focus on religious minorities. Apart from Christians, his research includes the “Brahmanic Caste System” and its challenges to Pakistan’s poor Hindu minorities. Asif holds degrees in MSc Sociology, and MPhil in Public Policy and Governance and his MPhil thesis was “Post-Partition Rural to Urban Mass Migration and Subsequent Illegal Settlements of Punjabi Christians and their Adoption of the Sweeping Occupation in Pakistan.” Asif has worked with the Daily Times and Express24/7 and several non-government organizations.
Christian rights activists pin hopes on PPP...
A prominent journalist and a vocal member of Pakistan’s Christian community looks at how PTI has backed out of pursuing changes to the archaic Victorian Christian marriage and divorce laws. He argues that hopes of the Christian community in Pakistan now lie with the PPP in Sindh.
Christmas: Faith and festivity Kaleidoscope of history
A prominent journalist and a vocal member of Pakistan’s Christian community looks at Christmas' history and explains the origins of Christmas day festivities.
Understanding Asia Bibi case: Acquitted from blasphemy...
Asif Aqeel | Today the Supreme Court of Pakistan acquitted Asia Bibi of committing blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad, a crime punishable with death in...
Pakistan’s Religious minorities: The significant “Other”
It was around 3 p.m. when two suicide bombers almost simultaneously entered the men’s and women’s campus of the International Islamic University in Islamabad...
Pakistan’s faithful and Resilient Christians in the...
For the last three consecutive years, terrorists have targeted Christians on every Easter. Suicide bombers in March 2015 hit two Sunday services in Youhanabad,...