A man on trial for blasphemy in Pakistan has been shot dead in court. Tahir Ahmad Naseem, who allegedly claimed to be a prophet, was shot six times during a hearing in Pakistani city of Peshawar. According to reports the shooter admitted the killing, saying that he shot Naseem for committing blasphemy, and was arrested…
The Punjab Assembly has passed a bill that allows the Directorate General Public Relations (DGPR) powers to visit and inspect any printing press, publication house, book store and confiscate any book, at any stage of printing. As well prohibiting the printing and publication of objectionable material, the Tahaffuz-e-Bunyad-e-Islam Bill 2020 also bars the printing or…
An old Christian man from Jalnawala, Gojra has been tortured and killed by police. According to reports, police officers from Ghulam Abad police station forcefully entered Younis Masih’s house during the night, tortured and killed him. They had actually gone to arrest Maish’s son Waqar Masih in a fake case of drug dealing, as is…
Christians of Baloki, District Kasur have been forced to remove a cross from their church which is under construction. According to reports, the Christian was living in a village where Muslims are in the majority. The church spire was quiet high, even equal to the minaret of the local mosque, which somehow offended local Muslims…
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s leader from Narowal, Qamar Riaz, has reportedly filed a complaint at the Zafarwal police station against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior politician Khawaja Asif, former foreign minister. He alleges that Asif committed blasphemy by saying all religions are equal during a speech in the National Assembly on July 8th. Riaz quoted verses of…
The Pakistani National Assembly has passed an unanimous resolution recommending the Federal government make arrangements for teaching the Holy Quran along with translation, compulsory in educational institutions it owns and controls. The states that according to the Constitution, the official name of the country is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan while the Holy Quran and…
A Pakistani Christian man who was shot by his Muslim neighbour for buying a house in a Muslim area has died. Nadeem Joseph was admitted to hospital after being attacked in Peshawar, but died on June 29, 2020, after multiple surgeries. Nadeem and his mother-in-law Elizabeth Masih were set upon by Salman Khan and his…
A leading religious school in Pakistan, Jamia Ashrafia, has issued a fatwa against the first Hindu temple proposed to be built in Islamabad. It says that while the government can use its funds to maintain places of worship of minority communities that already exist, they cannot use the funds to build new places of worship…
A university professor in Pakistan has been arrested by the local police accused of blasphemy Prof Sajid Soomro of Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, is also a writer known for his books on Sindhi-Mohajir unity, The police arrived at his home in at least four vans, according to reports, and cordon off the area before…
Christian farmer Manzoor Masih and his family were attacked by his business rival, and a case has been registered against the attackers. According to Manzoor of Chunian, district Kasur, on the morning of 18th May while he was having breakfast with his family Muhammad Imran and several companions attacked his house. They forcefully entered the…
