A pastor’s wife, Safia Bibi, lost her three-month pregnancy during an attempt to rape her by local Muslim men. Pastor Maqsood Rafique works with Jesus Christ Church and lives in Bahria Orchard Housing Society in Lahore. He has four daughters, the youngest is 3 years old and the oldest is 14. Because of his low…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the formation of a task force to oversee the implementation of the rights of minorities. The move reportedly comes after the National Assembly passed a resolution relating to the matter. Headed by MNA Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Hindu Council, the task force will be made…
The High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, has upheld the death sentence of two Christian brothers charged with blasphemy. Qaiser and Amoon Ayub were accused of posting blasphemous content online in 2011. They have always maintained their innocence. Amoon believes that the website where the blasphemous material was shared was created by his brother’s Muslim friends…
On May 24 Christian girl Saba,14, of Madina Town, Faisalabad, was kidnapped on her way to vocational school. According to Rubina Bibi, her mother, on the morning of 20 May 2022 while her daughters Saba and Muqadas, 18, were going to a vocational centre. She explained: “When they reached Rasool park near Alnoor Garden some…
On 16th May Najeeb Ullah and Inam Ullah brothers opened fire on Christian friends Sheroz Shakeel and Naeem Masih while they were relaxing at Sheroz’s house. Sheroz was killed while Naeem was severely injured and is still in the hospital. The shooting occurred in Piplan Chak No 17, Mianwali. The attackers arrived by bike and…
A young Christian girl Arooj, 17, from Jandanwala, Punjab has successfully thwarted kidnapping attempts from local Muslim men. Her father Munir Masih of Bilal town, Jandanwala, District Faisalabad said that when his daughter was alone at home, she went to the roof to hang the washing. Finding her alone at home, a Muslim man called…
Nakkash Haneef and Rajaish Bhatti, cousins from Wah Cantt, Rawalpindi, have survived a gun attack from their neighbours Shahid Iqbal Gujjar and Humayun Iqbal Gujjar. Bhatti and Haneef’s relative, Johnson, said the attackers had told Haneef to immediately stop repairing his house because some cracks had appeared in their adjacent wall. Haneef did not take…
Pakistani Christians marked Bishop John Joseph’s 24th death anniversary, and it was observed all over Pakistan with great honour and respect The civil society and Christian community observed May 6 as a day of remembrance of his self-sacrifice. He was the first Punjabi Catholic priest and the first Punjabi Bishop of the Diocese of Faisalabad,…
A senior police officer insulted the Christian sub-inspector of Punjab police, Shahzad Javed, and threatened to sack him in front of his colleagues because of his Christian faith. Inspector Javed said in his complaint application to the Central Police Officer (CPO) Faisalabad that he is a sub-inspector investigator at the police station Mansoorabad, Faisalabad, but…
A Christian man, Aftab Gill, was kidnapped by unknown abductors from outside the Sukkur session court while he was on his way back after a court hearing with his brother Akash Gill. Akash said his brother was kidnapped at gunpoint on April 20th after a court hearing about a money dispute and taken to some…
