A new study shows that prisoners from minority backgrounds, particularly Christians, face bias in Pakistani jails and are subjected to abuse by prison staff and Muslim inmates, the Christian Daily website reports today (August 20, 2025).
They are labeled as "untouchables" and given menial tasks, like cleaning toilets, according to the study released on Aug. 15, "Hope Behind Bars," by the National Commission for Justice and Peace, a Catholic church organization.
Among the worst--treated and discriminated prisoners are those charged under the country's harsh blasphemy laws and other religiously--motivated cases, the report stated.
Once the religious identity of prisoners becomes public, officials treat Christian and Hindu inmates poorly, assigning them menial tasks and refraining from offering them the remission in sentences that are offered to Muslims, according to the study.
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