The sons of Muslims landlords forced their way into the home of a Pakistani Christian man employed by the army and raped his wife. They climbed the walls tied his wife to the bed before gang raping her. The woman, Asia Bibi kept crying and shouting but the Muslim men threatened her with a gun to…
A 18-year-old Christian boy was tortured to father by a group of Muslims who then dragged his body through the streets and publicly hanged him from a tree. Qaisar Masih was killed to warn other Christians living in the area that anyone who speaks against their unjust attitude or argues with them will face the…
A Sikh provincial minister for minority affairs was shot dead in his car by Pakistani Taliban militants on motorbikes in the country’s restive northwest, officials said. Sardar Soran Singh was shot in the head several times during the attack in the Buner district. The Pakistani Taliban later claimed responsibility for the killing, saying these activities…
The suspects accused of lynching Pakistani Christian couple and burning them alive in a brick kiln after accusing them of blasphemy have been granted bail. Shahzad Masih and pregnant Shama Bibi were murdered in November 2014. Yousaf Gujjar, and three others charged in connection with their deaths and accused of inciting a crowd to beat and…
CLAAS praises British and European parliamentarians for speaking about the ongoing persecution of Pakistani minorities. Following the Easter Sunday bombing in which more than 70 people were killed, a plenary session of the European Parliament on April 14 criticised Pakistan’s abysmal record with regard to treatment of the Christians and other minorities. The MEPs expressed…
Pakistani Christian asylum seekers in Thailand have started receiving temporary ID cards from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has begun giving ID cards to the Pakistani Christian asylum seekers in Thailand. This is something that is a big issue for Pakistani Christian asylum seekers, as at the end of their six-month tourist visa…
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 on the rights of religious minorities and informations on their positive contributions to the development of Pakistan. Robert P. George, the chairman of the United States Commission…
A Christian father of three was attacked and cut into pieces by three Muslim professional butchers who used the same knives which they use to slaughter animals. Property dealer Nazir Maish 50, who had one daughter and two sons, was killed on April 5, 2016 in his village of Wandala Dayal in District Sheikhupura. Masih had arranged…
A Lahore High Court judge has expressed his frustration at the failure of lawmakers to reform Christuian family laws in Pakistan. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has sought the assistance of the attorney general of Pakistan on a petition challenging repeal of Section 7 of the Christian Divorce Act. Former bishop Alexander John Malik had…
A man accused of murdering a Pakistani Ahmadi shopkeeper claimed in a statement that he allegedly attacked Asad Shah because he disrespected the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). After appearing for a preliminary court hearing in Glasgow, Tanveer Ahmed from Bradford in northern England, issued a statement through his lawyer It read: “Asad Shah disrespected the messenger of Islam the…
