In a shocking incident, the Lala Zarr Church in Peshawar was disrupted during a healing prayer meeting, and its pastor was violently assaulted by a group of local Muslim men. The incident occurred on 3rd August at approximately 7:30 pm. The fight began when a few men from the neighbouring area rushed into the church,…
On July 23, a delegation from the National Council for Interfaith Peace and Harmony Commission (NCFIPHC) arrived in Sargodha from Lahore, marking a significant step towards unity and peace. The delegation, comprised of local Muslim and Christian religious leaders, held a successful meeting that helped alleviate the tense atmosphere in Marriam Town, Sargodha. This tension…
Within a fortnight, another Christian man Zaki Masih of Sargodha, Pakistan, has been arrested on flimsy charges of blasphemy. According to the FIR No 684/23, a complaint was filed by Muhammad Awais from Chak No. 98, Sargodha, Punjab, at the Sadder Police station in Sargodha. The complaint alleges that Zaki Masih made derogatory comments about…
A 40-year-old Christian woman, Shazia Imran, from Mehar Town, Lahore, was brutally murdered, and her body was burned with acid. The heinous crime was reportedly committed by a Muslim man who had been pressuring her to convert to Islam and marry him. According to Shazia’s brother, Zafar Masih, his sister had been working at the…
A distraught Christian family from Wazirabad, Punjab has implored Pakistan’s Prime Minister and Chief Justice to intervene, following their daughter’s disappearance. Fouzia Bibi, the mother of 16-year-old Muskan, says that her daughter vanished from a local market on May 14th, raising fears of abduction. Despite lodging a First Information Report (FIR) with local police, Muskan’s…
Mumtaz Masih, the father of young a Christian woman, Samreen, who escaped a rape attempt by a Muslim employee of the local hotel has been accused in a false case of theft. Samreen said that she worked as a domestic servant at Basti Rehan Pure, Kabir Wala, Khanewal. She explained: “On the morning of June…
A schoolgirl was killed and six other students and a teacher were injured when a policeman opened fire at a Catholic school on May 16. The students were getting ready to leave the school, managed by the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in Sangota in Pakistan’s restive Swat Valley in the northwestern…
A 17-year-old Christian domestic worker called Monica Masih has been kidnapped from Lahore Mehar Town. The teenager’s father Rafaqat Masih told the police that she went to work as normal on April 23, but never returned home. When she didn’t come home her younger daughter Zanica went to the house where Monica worked and asked…
On May 19, the judicial magistrate cantt, Lahore, sent two Christian teenagers, Simon Nadeem, 12, and Adil Baber, 18, to jail on judicial remand, after they were charged under the blasphemy law section 295-C. Both boys were charged and arrested by the police on May 18 after a complaint was made against them by police…
On 15 April 2023, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against two people working in Government girls’ higher secondary school, EB 66, Arifwala, Punjab. According to the FIR , sub-inspector police, Abid Hussain received a call from Kashif Nadeem, who informed him that two people working in the school had desecrated the Holy Quran.…
