The extermination of minorities in Pakistan is continuing, and on the rise. On Friday, unidentified gunmen killed a Sikh shopkeeper in Peshawar area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province.

'Minorities hell': Sikh shopkeeper shot dead in Pakistan in another targetted killing

Nine family members of "converted" Sikh girl Jagjit Kaur from Pakistan's Nankana Sahib have written to authorities asking them to arrange passports for them as they want to leave the country.

Family of 'converted' Sikh girl in Pakistan says wants to leave the country

The minorities in Pakistan are facing tremendous issues and it has only become worse under present PM Imran Khan. Forced conversions have become prevalent, discrimination against minorities is being encouraged and Islamabad is unable to push back against hard liners. Watch report:

Forced conversions grow in Pakistan, Minorities face discrimination

Crowded into "ghettos" surrounded by armed checkpoints, Pakistan's Shiite Hazara minority say they are being slaughtered by sectarian militants in the southwestern city of Quetta, with authorities seemingly unable to halt the killings.

Pakistan's Hazaras fear for their lives in besieged 'ghettos'

While addressing a US-based advocacy group "South Asian Minorities Alliance Foundation" he said, 'There is no single community in Pakistan that I'm critical of, it is the leadership that denies individuals their rights, not by constitution or law but by nature and so things aren't operating as they were designed to operate'

Leadership in Pakistan responsible for human rights violation: US lawmaker

Pakistan journalist said 'Some of the minorities are facing persecution, killings, and abductions in Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtoonkhawah, and PoK. Human rights violations are not reported in mainstream media'

'Persecution of minorities in Pakistan not reported'

The ruling will pile further pressure on the Ahmadi community, who are not allowed to call themselves Muslim or use Islamic symbols in their religious practices, a crime punishable under Pakistan's blasphemy laws

In blow to minorities, Pakistani court orders citizens to declare religion

Government inaction in countering religious harassment by Islamic groups has caused considerable heartburn.

Pakistan's minorities fleeing because of religious intolerance

Karachi is experiencing a dramatic transformation in the number of Goan Catholic families, but still the city dress-up and celebrates amidst tight security.

Opinion: Christmas, Santa Claus and Goan Christians in Pakistan

Christians' plight in Pakistan reflects the confused identity and ideologies of the country they live in

Opinion: Christmas and the plight of Christians in Pakistan