A young Christian girl, Naina Ashraf, 13, of Tibba Samad, Manga Mandi, Lahore was kidnapped by her 38-year-old Muslim neighbour who converted her to Islam and then married her. Ashraf Masih, 45, Naina’s father who was sitting with his wife Tahira, said he has five children. His eldest daughter Samoan is 17, Sunaina, 15, Naina…
A Pakistani court has sent Christian girl Hoorab, 12, to a shelter home instead of handing her back to her parents. Hoorab from Faisalabad was kidnapped on 28 December 2022 and converted to Islam by a Muslim shopkeeper in Chak no 7, a village near Faisalabad. After a court order was issued, Hoorab was recovered…
A Muslim man threw acid on a Christian girl, Sunita Munawar, 19, of Kalapul, Karachi after she refused to enter into a relationship with him and convert to Islam. According to Sunita’s uncle, Johnson Rehmat, on the morning of 1st February a Muslim man, Kamran Allah Bux, from Hazara Colony threw acid on her when…
The lawyer and family of a Christian accused of blasphemy have been prevented from seeing him in prison. Ishtiaq Saleem was arrested on blasphemy charges in Islamabad on 29 November 2022 and is being held in Adiala Prison, Rawalpindi. The Christian healthcare worker was accused of getting a tattoo of the name of the Prophet…
A young Christian girl who was working as a domestic servant was gang raped by her Muslim employer and is still waiting for justice. Samreen 18, of Faisalabad, was gang raped by her employer Nasreen’s husband, Ameen, and his cousin Waqas. Samreen’s father Daniel Masih, a factory worker told us that on September 25, while…
A 42-year-old Christian man in Pakistan has been accused of blasphemy. James Masih has been a sanitary worker at the Tehsil Headquarter (THQ) Hospital Chaubara, in Layyah, Punjab, for 12 years. In addition to cleaning duties, his other responsibilities include tending to outpatients and assisting staff in the emergency ward. On Wednesday 5th October, he…
A young Christian girl, Anita Emmanuel,17, of Christian Colony, Bahawalpur escaped from her kidnapper after a year and was reunited with her family. Anita was a student of year 10 at government secondary school Yazmaan, Bahawalpur. As both parents work, they had an arrangement with the rickshaw driver Muhammad Wasim to drop and pick her…
A Christian woman and her five children have been forced into hiding after she was threatened with death unless she agreed to convert to Islam. Naseem Bibi refuses to abandon her Christian faith even though it means she has had to flee her home with her children – four daughters aged 12, 14, 20 and…
Christian parents Anwar Masih and his wife Shaheen are concerned as police have still not been to find their young daughter, went missing over two weeks ago. Anwar Masih of Faisalabad told us he has five children – two sons who are married and living with him, and three daughters. Two daughters are married while…
On the evening of August 25th, a local Muslim land grabbing group tried to illegally take possession of Church adjacent land in katal Garhi Kasur. The plot is called Dera where local Christians have been holding their religious and other festivals for years before the partition of India. Local Bishop Iqbal of Heavenly Fellowship Church…
