Thousands have marched in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, to mark the first death anniversary of an Islamic extremist who assassinated a liberal provincial governor in 2011. Mumtaz Qadri shot Salman Taseer dead in 2011, after the liberal politician opposed Pakistan’s blasphemy laws and called for the exoneration of Christian woman Asia Bibi who had been…
Minority Member of National Assembly of Pakistan Isphanyar M. Bhandara has written to the Chairman of the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) asking him to take notice of a 13-year-old Christian girl from Sialkot who abducted and then forcibly converted to Islam. In his letter to Ali Nawaz Chohan, MNA Bhandara said this is…
A 16-year-old boy Christian boy charged with blasphemy has been denied a bail by the lower court. Nabeel Masih was arrested on18th September 2016 under charges of blasphemy after being implicated in posting a derogatory image of Islam’s most sacred site, the Kabaah, on Facebook. His legal team emphasised that as a juvenile with no…
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday passed a key bill seeking amendments to various laws, aimed at strengthening the criminal justice system and curbing sectarianism and persecution of minorities in the country. The bill, titled the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Act 2016, now requires formal assent of the president to become an act of the parliament.…
A 12-year-old Pakistani Christian girl was found dead in a canal hour after her brother dropped her to school. Tania Marriam was identified by her brother Johnson Gill on January 23 after he was called to Chenab Canal in Chak Mudhir, Sumbaryal, district Sialkot. The family belongs to Catholic denomination and are members of the…
On January 31 CLAAS secured custody of Babu Shahbaz who is accused of blasphemy for defiling the Holy Quran. CLAAS told the concerned authorities it would present him before the police for investigation if required. CLAAS is keeping Shahbaz in its shelter house where his family are also being housed. Shahbaz had been detained in…
The Pakistani Government has denied that the blasphemy law is being used to target religious minorities in Pakistan. Interior Minister of Pakistan Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said that perception that religious minorities are suffering because of abuse of blasphemy laws is not true. He said the facts and figures showed that in the majority of…
An elderly Pakistani Christian is in a perilous situation after blasphemy accusations were levelled against him. Seventy-year-old, Mukhtar Masih of Lambanwali, a village in District Gujranwala, has been caught up in blasphemy allegations after his accusers claimed that he had written blasphemous messages. On Saturday 28th January 201 Mukhtar and his entire family were detained…
Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said there there will be no compromise on the dignity and respect of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him). Speaking at the “Khatam-e-Nabuwat Conference”, he said: “We can sacrifice our lives, wealth and everything we possess, for the dignity and respect of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).” He said…
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has cleared 115 people of being involved in the torching of Christians’ houses in Joseph Colony, Lahore in 2013. The suspects who were already on bail were acquitted because of a lack of evidence. After a rumour that a Christian Sawan Masih had blasphemed, a mob of 3000 Muslims attacked and…
