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Younis Alam

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Younis Alam is an ordained Catholic priest and a humanitarian worker in Pakistan. He has previously volunteered with Idara Aman-o-Insaaf, a human rights group and has also served as a parish priest in rural Pakistan. In 2000, Younis founded Minority Rights Commission, an organization working for development and human rights of marginalized communities, religious minorities, ethnic groups, indigenous people of Pakistan. In 2007, he founded Minorities Movement for Democracy and in 2009, founded Saraiki Sufi Sangat and Social Movement Forum.
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