Pakistani schoolgirl Sara Bibi was beaten and locked in a bathroom for three hours after using a toilet designated for Muslims. The primary school student in Samundari near Faisalabad, in Punjab, was punished after her classmates allegedly alerted their headmistress to her actions. The designation of separate lavatories for minorities and Muslims in Pakistan is…
The Pakistani Supreme Court has said that calls for reform of the country’s blasphemy law are not an affront to religion. The statement was made in a written order to dismiss Mumtaz Qadri’s appeal against his death sentence. It also urged the state to ensure that people are not subjected to investigations or trials on…
Twenty Christians indicted in connection with Youhanabad lynching Twenty Pakistani Christian men have been indicted in connection with the lynching of two Muslims on the wake of the Youhanabad twin suicide bomb attacks on churches in March. An Anti-Terrorism Court indicted the 20 suspects after they were presented by the police, which is continuing to…
A Pakistani Christian woman was doused in petrol and set alight after she turned down a marriage proposal. Sonia Bibi, 20, suffered burns to 50% of her body in the attack at the hands of her former partner Latif Ahmed, when she declined to marry him. The incident took place in Multan and police have…
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has granted bail to 13 more Christians who were charged by police and were in jail for damaging government property during protests in early in March, after two churches were attacked in Youhanabad. Several other Christians were granted bail in July through CLAAS’s legal aid programme. The police registered an…
A Pakistani Christian man is fearing for his life after her fiancée was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and forced to marry a Muslim man. Sajid Maish from Changa Manga, Punjab, got engaged to Christian Nabila Bibi one year ago, and they were due to get married in November. But Bibi was abducted by Muslim…
Pakistan has been recognised as the ‘worst country in terms of religious freedom’. As a result, the US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has asked the American government to designate Pakistan as a ‘country of particular concern’ (CPC) citing “egregious” violations. The US State Department is being urged to further expand its CPC list…
A married Pakistani Christian deaf and mute woman was gang raped by three Muslim men who forced their way into her home while the male occupants were out. According to reports, an FIR (first information report) has been registered against three men. The police has Muhammad Umar, but two others escaped after the incident in…
Pervaiz Masih has been granted bail after spending one month in jail accused of blasphemy. He was arrested after arguing with villagers over the issue of a contract regarding the supply of sand, and locals applied pressure on the police to arrest him for blasphemy. Muslim villagers warned the police that they would set the…
A 24-year-old Pakistani Christian man has been arrested for blasphemy after refusing to allow the police to blackmail him. Naveed Masih from Sargodha practices exorcism through prayers and has many Muslim followers who visit him with their spiritual problems. A number of days ago one of hi s followers gifted him an antique sword which…
