A Pakistani Christian man is fearing for his life after her fiancée was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and forced to marry a Muslim man. Sajid Maish from Changa Manga, Punjab, got engaged to Christian Nabila Bibi one year ago, and they were due to get married in November. But Bibi was abducted by Muslim…
Pakistani textbooks teach kids intolerance toward religious minorities, says strecent study found that school textbooks in Pakistan teach children intolerance and superiority toward those of other religions. Pakistani school textbooks are biased towards the country’s Muslim majority and teach intolerance towards religious minorities, a study has found. The books were also found to lack content…
Religious groups of Sunni Tehrik have been demanding the execution of a Christian women charged under blasphemy law for some but after the execution of the Mumtaz Qadri demand has intensified. In a recent sit-in by the religious groups in the D ground in Islamabad they demanded the government execute Aasia Bibi, but this was…
A Christian boy accused of blasphemy was rushed away from a court hearing in Pakistan after a Muslim mob threatened his family and demanded his death. Nabeel Masih, 16, is facing the death penalty after being accused of posting on Facebook a photo of the Kaaba with a pig’s head on top. When he appeared…
Former president of Pakistan and co-chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari has told the Ameer Jammat-e-Islami Sirajul Haq to take back the Sindh Assembly’s recently passed forced conversion bill in the. Siraj thanked the PPP leader for taking into consideration the reservations against the bill and said that every citizen of…
The Swabi district council in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa days that the sweepers hired in the district’s hospitals should only be Christian. It unanimously adopted the resolution presented by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Akmal Khan, and demanded that all Muslim sweepers be transferred to other posts. The resolution also stated that this idea was in accordance with court orders.…
The hardliners’ protests following the supreme court’s verdict to acquit Asia Bibi continue. Many roads of all major cities are closed and barricaded, and police and rangers are patrolling to monitor and control the situation. According to reports all government schools and colleges, and even universities, will remain closed in Punjab and Sindh in view…
Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi has finally left the country. After spending eight years on death row, she had to wait six months in hiding after being acquitted of blasphemy charges. But Bibi is is now believed to have joined her family in Canada. Protests by radical extremists erupted across Pakistan after her death sentence…
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has decided to constitute a special bench to prevent violence against minorities. Justice Omar Atta Bandial requested the Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa for a consultation on setting up the bench, in keeping with a 2014 order. The move was welcomed by Pakistan’s minority parties, but they also complained about…
The Pakistani parliament has blocked a bill from Christian lawmaker Dr Naveed Aamir Jeeva, from the Pakistan Peoples Party, calling to amend article 41 and 91 of the Constitution to allow non-Muslims to become Prime Minister and President of Pakistan. However, the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad opposed the proposed legislation. The…
