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…
On April 24 some thieves vandalised the Church of Nazreen Landhi, Karachi. They took away offerings from the money box and desecrated holy objects. They also damaged the furniture, sound system, musical instruments used during worship, fans, and pulpit of the church. According to the priest in charge, Sabir Masih, the church administrator has reported…
The role of police and judiciary in cases of forced conversions is biased, a report released by the National Commission on the Rights of the Child had found. According to the report, the police deliberately do not investigate cases of forced conversions. It says the main reason is prejudice, intolerance and extremism against the minorities…
The Islamabad High Court has banned the marriage of children under the age of 18. The court made the ruling in relation to the underage marriage bill, but did not rule on the age of puberty. Under the ruling, anyone under the age of 18 will be prohibited from getting married and will also not…
Hina Mukhtar, 22, was kidnapped by a Muslim man who was helping her family with regard to the issuing of government pension of her deceased father. Hina’s mother, Abida Mukhtar lives in Ucha Pind Narang District Sheikhupura, told Pak Christian News (PCN) that on 18th February when she was away from home Nisar Jogi kidnapped…
A 25-year-old Christian man was killed by a mob in Lahore, Pakistan, on Monday 14th February 2021 after police were too slow to react to reports of violence. At least 150 people, some of them brandishing weapons, set upon Pervez Masih, a married game shop owner, in the Factory Area of the city. The police…
A court in Sindh, Pakistan, has reportedly sentenced a Hindu college teacher to life imprisonment. Nuatan Lal, a teacher at Government Degree College, was arrested in 2019 and has been in jail awaiting trial. In September 2019, a video was shared on social media in which a student claimed that the owner of a local…
On January 30 a Christian pastor was gunned down in Madina Market, Peshawar City, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The area falls within the jurisdiction of the Gulbahar police station. According to reports, the victim is pastor William Siraj of All Saints Church. Another priest named Reverend Patrick Naeem was critically injured in…
On January 25 officers from Taimuria Police Station, Karachi shot three innocent Christian boys, Philip Stephen, 16, Sonoo Aslam,18, and Kamran Javed,13, all of whom had no allegations against them. The friends were admitted to the Trauma Centre, Civil Hospital, Karachi in critical condition. One of the victim’s mothers, Shamim Gill, told Pak Christian News…
Christian man, Zafar Bhatti, 56, has been sentenced to death by the Pakistan session court of Rawalpindi, after being charged with blasphemy in 2012. He is accused of sending blasphemous text messages from his phone but has always denied the allegation against him. Bhatti faced a difficult situation when in the same year the District…
