A new book “Purifying the Land of the Pure; Pakistan’s Religious Minorities”by Former Member of Pakistani Parliament & Presidential Adviser Ms Farahnaz Ispahani, documents the story of Pakistan’s religious minorities Pakistan today is a minefield: it is littered with the volatile matter created by decades of religious prejudice and hatred. One needs to tread carefully. But what happens when you …

   What do you mean by “Purifying the Land of the Pure?” Farahnaz Ispahani: Pakistan was originally conceived of as a homeland for South Asia’s Muslims. Pakistan’s purpose was to protect the subcontinent’s largest religious minority. Over time, however, religious and political leaders declared the objective of Pakistan’s creation to be the setting up of an Islamic state. Much of …

Pakistan may have been created in the name of Islam but roughly one-fourth of its population on the eve of Partition from India was non-Muslim. That number stands at an alarmingly paltry 3% now. Pakistan has come perilously close to becoming a confessional state with the tetrad – Sunni, Muslim, Punjabi and male- increasingly becoming the defining characteristics of its …

Pakistani journalist Farahnaz Ispahani spoke to NewsX ahead of the launch of her book,  “Purifying the Land of the Pure”. The book tells the story of the atrocities against minorities in Pakistan.  Farahnaz Ispahani, a former advisor to president Asif Ali Zardari, former member of Pakistan Parliament and an active Human Rights advocate, has detailed how minorities are being persecuted …

There has been a “slow genocide of the other” in Pakistan, says author Farahnaz Ispahani, explaining the decline of religious minorities in Pakistan to a mere 3 per cent. Speaking to NDTV on her book ‘Purifying the Land of the Pure’, Ms Ispahani says, “there has been a lack of standing up” and that after Ahmedis, extremists are now after …

Discussion and Launching Cermoney of Ms Farahnaz Ispahani’s book “Purifying the Land of the Pure; Pakistan’s Religious Minorities”   The book is now available in Pakistan at Liberty Books Pakistan. Buy Farahnaz Ispahani Book in Pakistan                       

Asia edition published by Harper-Collins, India out December, 2015. The US edition to be published by Oxford University Press, USA in mid of 2016. Farahnaz Ispahani Author of “Purifying The Land Of The Pure: Pakistan’s Religious Minorities” Harper-Collins, India 2015. Oxford University Press USA, 2016, Former Member of Pakistan  Parliament.  

Ms Farahnaz Ispahani’s book on Pakistan’s religious minorities “Purifying The Land Of The Pure” published by Harper-Collins, India will be out in on December 20th, 2015.  Oxford University Press USA, is expected to release the book in the US, UK and Europe in 2016.