An eight-year-old Hindu boy is being held in protective police custody in east Pakistan after becoming the youngest person ever to be charged with blasphemy in the country.

8-yr-old Hindu boy becomes youngest person charged with blasphemy in Pakistan

India has raised the issue of minority persecution in Pakistan at the United Nations Human Rights Council, particularly the forcible conversion of girls. The country has seen many cases of conversion of minorities, drawing global headlines.

At UNHRC, India highlights the persecution of minorities in Pakistan, cross border terrorism

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday gave authorities two weeks to start the reconstruction of the Hindu temple demolished by a mob in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Karak.

Start reconstruction of vandalised Hindu temple within two weeks: Pakistan Supreme Court

Pakistani police have arrested 10 more people in overnight raids for their alleged involvement in the vandalisation of a Hindu temple by a mob led by members of a radical Islamist party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

10 more arrested over attack on Hindu temple in Pakistan

A violent mob led by a local Muslim cleric vandalized and set on fire a Hindu temple in Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.A video clip is going viral on social media, in which a violent mob is seen destroying the walls and roof of the temple.

Watch: Mob led by Muslim cleric attacks, sets Hindu temple ablaze in Pakistan

US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Samuel Brownback has said that Pakistan is marketing Hindu and Christian women as "concubines" and "forced brides" to China.

Hindu, Christian women 'marketed' by Pakistan as 'concubines' in China: Top US official