A Christian church and its congregation were brutally attacked by around 20-armed Muslim hooligans during Sunday worship service. The church was attacked on March 4 and dozens of men, women and children were hurt as the mob violently attacked them with large sticks. Members of Pakistani Gospel Assembly (PGA) have expressed great fear and anxiety…
Demonstrators rallied in Pakistan to protest against the blasphemy law being used as a tool to discriminate against Christians and other religious minorities. On March 5, in Lahore Pakistani Christian campaigners and Muslim friends gathered peacefully at the Lahore Press Club. Members of different organisations gathered outside the establishment to declare solidarity to demand appropriate…
Last night at around 9pm in the Faisalabad area of Allahabad some people from the Muslim community coloured over wall and wrote Dear Prophet. This caused a fight between the Christian and the Muslim community, due to which some people were injured. But the police arrived on time and took control of the situation. As…
A blasphemy suspect is in critical condition after falling off the fourth floor of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) headquarters in Punjab. According to reports, the police handed over Patras Masih, 18, and his cousin Sajid Masih, 24, to the FIA’s cybercrime wing on Friday. Earlier this week, an FIR was registered against Patras at…
A 17 year-old Christian boy has been arrested for sharing blasphemous content on Facebook. The alleged incident, led to a violent mob drove Masih’s family and other Christians in the village to flee their homes. Patras Masih, an illiterate cleaner from Tair village in Lahore is said to have posted images of himself standing on…
Pakistan’s National Assembly has passed three bills including the Islamabad Capital Territory Child Protection Bill, 2017, the Juvenile Justice System Bill, 2017 and the National University of Technology Bill, 2018. The Islamabad Capital Territory Child Protection Bill aims to protect children from violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). The Act…
An anti-terrorism court has sentenced one man to death, and jailed five others for life in the Mashal Khan murder case. Mashal was lynched by a mob at Abdul Wali Khan University last year over allegations of blasphemy, and 25 other people have been sentenced to four years imprisonment each. The sentencing took place at…
CLAAS recently visited a Christian family in Kot Waris near Gujranwala to help them to get justice for their 13-year-old daughter who was raped. Saira was assaulted by Muslim Amir Zaman last month. A criminal case was registered against Zaman after Saira’s father Afzal Masih complained and medical reports. Apart from meeting the family, CLAAS…
Six churches in Pakistan have been closed with the local government citing security reasons. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) government has sealed at least six non-registered churches in Abbottabad. The district administration of Abbottabad claims that since the churches are being established in rental houses and are not registered, the pose a security risk. The District…
A Pakistani student accused of killing his college principal after allegedly accusing him of blasphemy has been remanded in custody. On Tuesday Charsadda District Court remanded Faheem, of 12th grade, in police custody for three days, over the incident in Shabqadar. Faheem is accused of firing six shots at his college principal, Hafiz Sareer Ahmed,…
