Asia Bibi’s fate to be decided next week

Next week Asia Bibi will finally find out if she will be free as Pakistan’s top court will decide whether a challenge against her acquittal proceed. As radical Islamists continue to call for her execution, Bibi’s lawyer has revealed the Supreme Court will review a petition calling for her acquittal of a blasphemy conviction to…

READ MORE

Pakistani district councillor want Christians to be hospital sweepers instead of Muslims

The Swabi district council in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa days that the sweepers hired in the district’s hospitals should only be Christian. It unanimously adopted the resolution presented by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Akmal Khan, and demanded that all Muslim sweepers be transferred to other posts. The resolution also stated that this idea was in accordance with court orders.…

READ MORE

Pakistani Supreme Court orders union councils to register Christian marriages

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered union councils to start registering marriages of Christian couples. A three-member bench of the apex court, said the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) should issue computerised marriage certificates to married Christian couples. It also ordered the Punjab government to formulate and enact legislation in this regard. Initially…

READ MORE

Jeremy Hunt orders review into persecution of Christians

Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt, has ordered an independent international review into the persecution of Christians. The review will make recommendations on the steps the government can take to support more than 200 million Christians at risk of persecution globally. According to reports, it will he led by the Bishop of Truro, Rt Rev Philip Mounstephen.…

READ MORE

Asia Bibi’s neighbours want to see her executed

Asia Bibi’s former neighbours have said they still want to see her executed. Their comments come after the Pakistani Christian woman was acquitted of blasphemy charges In October, and her death sentence overturned. Despite her acquittal, she is still not free and is being held at an undisclosed location in the country following protests over…

READ MORE

Pakistani Christian brothers charged with blasphemy sentenced to death

Pakistani Christian brothers Qasir and Amoon have been sentenced to death after being accused of blasphemy. the court of Mr. Javed Iqbal Bosal Additional Sessions Judge of Talagang District Jhelum. The allegations surfaced in 2011 when they were accused of posting disrespectful material on their website. After four years on the run abroad, the brothers…

READ MORE
Call Now Button