A 13-year-old Pakistani Christian boy was sent out of his classroom for turning off a tap that had been left running. On 16 October the fourth grade student, Sharjeel, was expelled from his class because it was believed that by touching the tap he had tainted the water and therefore he should be punished. The…
Thousands of Islamist hardliners protested in Lahore in October 12 as Pakistan awaits a ruling on Asia Bibi’s case. The Christian woman has been on death row since 2010 after being convicted of blasphemy. The rally was organised by anti-blasphemy party Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP), and was supported by demonstrations in Karachi, and in Rawalpindi The…
The father of a young Pakistani Christian murdered by police is frustrated over their inaction. Farhan Ebran was killed by police while in custody after being arrested on suspicion of theft. His father Yousaf Ebran, has said the investigation officers are trying to cover up the crime of their colleagues perpetrated. He said suspending the…
The Supreme Court in Pakistan has constituted a committee headed by a former Chief Justice of Pakistan for safeguarding rights of minorities. It will be lead by Tasaddaq Hussain Jilanni after a three-member bench heard the case in connection with rights of minorities. It directed that the committee comprising representatives of the federation and provinces,…
The Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Bill 2018 reportedly recommends sentencing those who disrespect the Quran to life in prison, while a person committing blasphemy or making false blasphemy accusations should be hanged to death. It also suggests someone making derogatory statements against religious scholars be jailed for three years. Furthermore, the bill recommends to…
A suspected accomplice in the suicide bombings on All Saints Church in Peshawar has been acquitted by court. On September 22, 2013 two suicide bombers attacked the church as worshippers finished the Sunday service. The deadliest attack on Pakistani Christians left more than 127 dead while hundreds sustained life changing injuries. The anti-terrorism court cleared…
A 14-year-old Pakistani Christian girl was gang raped in Burewala earlier this month. On Sep 10 Farha Tariq was abducted and then she was gang raped viciously by a group of Muslim men. It is yet another case of a minor girl being raped by various men. The local police have registered a FIR (first…
On 24 September in Pindi Gojar Khan, Punjab Pakistan, a Christian family’s house was set ablaze. It was the only Christian house in a the village. In the past it was reported that local Muslims tried to occupy their home forcibly. The family has been threatened before on various occasions to change their religion and…
A Pakistani Christian girl, was thrown from the second floor of a building for refusing to convert to Islam and marry a Muslim boy. Benish Paul, of Karachi, who was studying in Year 10, was asked to marry Muslim boy Tahir Abbas. He asked her family for her hand in marriage, but the family members…
A young Pakistani Christian woman was gunned down for refusing to enter into friendship. The victim, Amara Bibi, was allegedly shot three times by Farman son of Muhammad Qayum Dindar in Chak 460, Purani Maaki District Sheikhupura. Amara lived in the village with her husband Boota Masih and five children. But she alleged murderer Farman…
