The Pakistani government has announced that it will not seek to amend the blasphemy law which have a mandatory death penalty. It also declared that it would not leniency towards anyone convicted under the laws. The announcement came as Muslim radicals ended a four-day sit-in near the country’s federal parliament, and just days after the…
On Easter Sunday at least 70 people were murdered and more than 340 injured when a suicide bomber targeted Christians celebrating in Lahore, Pakistan. The sound of the explosion was heard several kilometers away and eyewitnesses said there were big crowds in the area because of the Easter celebrations. More than 200 Christian children &…
The women protection bill passed by the Punjab Assembly has been challenged in the Pakistan Federal Sharia Court by Muhammad Aslam Khaki, a Professor of Islamic law. He asked it to declare the bill repugnant to Islam, the Holy Quran and Sunnah. On Feb 24, the Punjab Assembly passed the law that aims to protect…
Mumtaz Qadri, the killer of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer, was hanged at Adiala Jail at around 4.30am on Monday, February 29th after his appeal for mercy was rejected by the President of Pakistan, Mamnoon Hussain. Qadri, an Elite Force commando, shot Taseer 28 times in broad daylight in Islamabad’s Kohsar Market on January 4, 2011.…
The Governor of Punjab has signed the Protection of Women against Violence Bill, making it a formal law. The bill restricts those accused of throwing acid on women, rape and other grave offences from visiting the workplace or areas frequented by the female concerned. A court may also prohibit an offender from contacting the woman…
Christian girl Saima Rasheed 17, was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married to Muslim man, Muhammad Murad. Saima’s father, Rasheed Pervez, registered a case against the Muhammad Murad and his father, Feryad Ali, but instead of arresting them the police were lenient and they got bail, before arrest( from the court. About 18 months ago…
Two Christian women, Tahira, 21, and Reema, 20, daughters of Bashir Masih were abducted by Muslim men named Muhammad Mustafa and Muhammad Kashif 30 on December 2, 2015, from Chak 38 Janubi. Mustafa is a married 29-year-old man with two children. Both men forcibly converted these two young women, married them and confined them in…
According to reports, the chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, Muhammad Khan Sherani, has said that he is willing to review Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws. The laws are regularly used to persecute Christians in Pakistan, leading to hundreds of innocent people being killed. Pakistan’s religious and political elite almost universally keep clear of debating blasphemy…
CLAAS has welcomed the Punjab government’s Ordinance 2016 for Prohibition of Child Labour in Brick Kilns in Punjab-Pakistan and hopes for its effective implementation. A spokesman for the Punjab government said the eradication of child labour and provision of free education to the children of brick kiln workers was its mission. The Punjab government has…
Three Christian girls in Lahore have been run over by four drunk Muslim boys’ car after the girls refused to have a ride and fun with them. The incident took place on January 13 as they were rushing home from work and were stopped by these boys. To save themselves the girls started to run…
