Abstract
The Christian minorities in Pakistan have constitutional recognition and rights but mostly facing economic deprivation due to insecurity. This study focused on Influence of insecurity on economic deprivation of minorities in KP, Pakistan. The cross-sectional design was adopted to explore the association between economic deprivation (dependent variable) and lack of security (independent variable). Study utilized a quantitative survey to collect data through a questionnaire. The simple random sampling technique was used to access sample in population comprised of Christian community. Two instruments included index of minority deprivation and minority discrimination questionnaire were used to measure economic deprivation and insecurity. Findings revealed that religious insecurity, professional insecurity and financial showed as indicators of insecurity had highly significant (p=.000) and positive (r=.257) association with economic deprivation of minorities. It is concluded that government should minimize religious extremism, enhance the quota system in jobs and education that may decrease the economic deprivation of minorities.
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