'74% of Pak minority women faced sexual harassment'

March 15, 2012 17:45

Almost three-quarters of women from Pakistan's minority communities have faced sexual harassment while 43 per cent complained of religious discrimination at workplaces, educational institutions and neighbourhoods, according to a new report.

The report, prepared by the National Commission for Justice and Peace, states that about 74 per cent of the women faced sexual harassment. "Some 27 per cent minority women (Christians and Hindus) faced discrimination in admissions to educational institutions and were forced to take Islamic studies in the absence of anyalternative subject," NCJP executive director Peter Jacob said.

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