A Christian man sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of sending a blasphemous text message in 2011 has had his sentence changed to the death penalty. The Lahore High Court ruled in favour of an appeal submitted by Islamist group Khatam-e-Nabuwwat Forum (KNF, or Movement for the Finality of the Prophethood). Sajjad Masih’s appeal…
Pakistani police arrested the pastor and congregation of the New life Church in Mohallah Sialkoti, Lahore, during lent worship. The arrest was made after a complaint to the local police by the Muslim residents of Mohallah Sialkoti. According to Pastor Amjad and Elder Yousaf Lal, local Muslims in the neighbourhood have been regularly threatening them…
A Christian man who was convicted of committing blasphemy in 2018 has been granted bail by the court. Nabeel Masih was accused of blasphemy after sharing a picture of Kaaba in Mecca on Facebook. He was arrested in 2016, when he was just 16 years old, and convicted two years later. Masih has now been…
A Christian farmer, Azam Masih and his family living in the village of Tapa Chakrao, District Sanghar, Province Sindh, have been attacked and injured by an influential Muslim land grabber. On February 26, 2021, Azam was at work when suddenly a Muslim mob of 25-30 from the Bugti tribe reached his residence asked his family…
Reports of an inmate in Abbottabad Central Jail allegedly desecrating the Holy Quran resulted in protests breaking out in the area. The inmate, Imran, is said to have desecrated three copies of the religious text on Saturday. The staff at Central Jail Malikpura immediately entered the prison cell and collected the copies, furious at what…
On 13 January Model Town police station, Lahore, registered a blasphemy case under section 295 -A, B and C, Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), which has a mandatory death penalty, against two young Christians, Haroon Ayub Masih and Salamat Mansha Masih. The complainant, Haroon Ahmad, said in his statement that while he was sitting in Model…
The Protection of the Rights of Religious Minorities (PRRM) Bill has been rejected but the Senate Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony. Instead the committee said minorities enjoyed complete religious freedom in the country. At the meeting, chaired by JUI-F Senator Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, it was said that minorities in the country…
A Christian staff nurse and gospel singer Tabita, 30, from Karachi, has been accused of committing blasphemy. On January 28, Tabita’s colleagues at Sobhraj Maternity Hospital, Karachi, where she has been working for the last nine years, accused her of committing blasphemy. Before then there had been no such complaints against her. According to reports…
A Christian father is begging the police to find his daughter who was kidnapped while he was at work. Rafique Masih of Rawalpindi said that on January 5, while he was at work, Muhammad Hamza, forcefully entered his home and kidnaped Mashal, 17, with the help of two of his companions. He said that at…
A Christian girl, Shiza, who recently escaped her Muslim kidnappers has released a video stating that she will burn herself if she doesn’t get justice. According to her parents, the police are not cooperating and are not willing to register a case to arrest the kidnappers, while the session court is not entertaining their petition.…
