Anger and fear spread among the local Christians of Fatomund village, Gujranwala, Punjab when local police handed over the dead body of Liaqat Masih, 47, to his family. He had been working as driver with one of local Muslim politician’s son for the last 15 years but after a burglary at his employer’s home last…
Saima Bibi, 15, was allegedly kidnapped from her home while she was alone and later forced to convert to Islam The incident happened at Chak No.59 where Christian couple Shama and Shahzad were burnt alive in a brick kiln after being accused of blasphemy. Police recovered Saima and produced her before Area Magistrate, to record…
A mob of Muslims attack a Christian’s house in the village of Sialkot, Punjab during a prayer meeting. They had been banned from holding it in the church. Prior to this incident, local Muslims had seized the church land and a row erupted between the local Christians and Muslims, prompting police intervention. The dispute continues…
Early on 11 January 2016 another Pakistani Christian asylum seeker, Pervaiz Gouri, was found dead in Bangkok detention centre. He was from Lahore, Pakistan and fled the country to seek asylum in Bangkok, under the umbrella of the UNHCR. According to reports Perviez Ghouri was in good health before he was arrested and detained a…
The Free Apostolic Church in Lahore was set on fire by extremists over a minor dispute among local Muslims and Christians at the village Bath near Shamki Bhattian Multan Road. During the incident on January 6 the Holy Bibles and furniture was set alight, and the church building was damaged. According to Pastor Asher from…
Police arrested Muslim man Azhar Akbar for burning the Bibles and Holy books in Victory Church at Sandha village Kasur. On Wednesday 6th of January when local Christian Siddiqa Bibi went to Church for prayers, she was astonished to see smoke. As she entered the Church she saw a man burning Bibles and Hymns books,…
Samina, a 30-year-old Pakistani Christian woman who fled persecution and was seeking asylum in Thailand, died while being held in a detention centre. Samina was arrested by the Thai authorities on December 20th during a recent crackdown against foreigners who had overstayed their visas. She already had some health serious health issues and told the…
A Pakistani Catholic family have been forced to flee their home after being accused of blasphemy. The allegations were first made against a woman, known only as Salma, claiming that she had referred to an anti-Muslim video on Facebook. Salma told ucanews she got into trouble because she spoke to a Muslim neighbour whom she…
Pakistan’s Supreme Court rejected the application from Mumtaz Qadri who murdered the former governor of Punjab for criticising the country’s controversial blasphemy laws. Qadri, who was working at Salmaan’s bodyguard, gunned him down in January 2011. But a three judge panel rejected his petition, saying that he had confessed to the crime, and been sentenced…
Court documents show that Islamabad’s authorities have cracked down on illegal slums, fearing their growing Christian population will pose a threat to Pakistan’s Muslim majority. Human rights activists have criticised the move by the capital’s development body. In 2014 the Capital Development Authority declared a war against the slums, leaving hundreds homeless. The left-wing Awami…
