Pakistan’s Minority Commission: The Weight Of Symbolism – Analysis

By Ajit Kumar Singh

The passage of Pakistan's National Commission for Minorities' Rights Bill on December 3, 2025, by a joint sitting of Parliament, represents yet another instance of the state signalling reform while ensuring that no substantive alteration occurs in the legal and ideological structures underpinning systemic discrimination. Approved with 160 votes in favour against 79 opposed, the legislation was stripped of its most consequential provisions - suo motu powers and an overriding-effect clause - before its adoption...