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…
The Pakistani government has announced that it will not seek to amend the blasphemy law which have a mandatory death penalty. It also declared that it would not leniency towards anyone convicted under the laws. The announcement came as Muslim radicals ended a four-day sit-in near the country’s federal parliament, and just days after the…
On Easter Sunday at least 70 people were murdered and more than 340 injured when a suicide bomber targeted Christians celebrating in Lahore, Pakistan. The sound of the explosion was heard several kilometers away and eyewitnesses said there were big crowds in the area because of the Easter celebrations. More than 200 Christian children &…
The women protection bill passed by the Punjab Assembly has been challenged in the Pakistan Federal Sharia Court by Muhammad Aslam Khaki, a Professor of Islamic law. He asked it to declare the bill repugnant to Islam, the Holy Quran and Sunnah. On Feb 24, the Punjab Assembly passed the law that aims to protect…
Mumtaz Qadri, the killer of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer, was hanged at Adiala Jail at around 4.30am on Monday, February 29th after his appeal for mercy was rejected by the President of Pakistan, Mamnoon Hussain. Qadri, an Elite Force commando, shot Taseer 28 times in broad daylight in Islamabad’s Kohsar Market on January 4, 2011.…
The Governor of Punjab has signed the Protection of Women against Violence Bill, making it a formal law. The bill restricts those accused of throwing acid on women, rape and other grave offences from visiting the workplace or areas frequented by the female concerned. A court may also prohibit an offender from contacting the woman…
