Two Pakistani Christian shot in the head for church construction
Two Pakistani Christian men who were working on the construction of a Church in Sahiwal, Punjab have been shot in…
Pakistani Christian teenage girl abducted and forced to convert is recovered from her kidnappers
Pakistani Christian Sneha, 14, of Bahar Colony, Lahore, who was kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam and married to her kidnapper…
Pakistani court rules forced conversion and marriage of Catholic girl, 14, legal
The Sindh High Court has dismissed a petition to overturn the marriage and forced conversion of a 14-year-old Catholic girl….
Pakistani Christians accused of participating in Youhanabad’s riots acquitted
42 Pakistani Christians accused of lynching two Muslim youths in the aftermath of the terror attack on two Youhanabad churches…
Forced conversion deemed un-Islamic by Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology
The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), after consultation with minority leaders, has said forced conversion is “un-Islamic and unconstitutional.” According…
Blasphemy laws need reform, but not to become more stringent
The Punjab Assembly in Pakistan unanimously passed a resolution asking the government to improve existing laws, or make new ones,…
Pakistani Professor sentenced to death for ‘blasphemous social media post’
University professor, Junaid Hafeez, 33, has been sentenced to death under the blasphemy law for allegedly posting derogatory remarks against…
Pakistan stays on America’s religious watch list
The United States has retained Pakistan on a list of countries that tolerate religious discrimination. The determination made by the…
Blasphemy victim’s house set on fire twice
Stephen Masih’s house has been set on fire twice in the recent month. The first incident occurred on 18th October,…
Pakistani Christian avoids blasphemy charge
A Pakistani Christian sanitation worker was falsely accused of blasphemy. But after police intervened in the case of Amir Masih…
Pakistani Supreme Court says ‘Terrorism’ too widely defined in Anti-Terror law
The Pakistan Supreme Court has ruled the “terrorism” as defined in the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 is too wide. It recommended…
‘Pakistani government responsible for failures in Aasia Bibi case’
Aasia Bibi’s lawyer believes that the Pakistani government’s failures are responsible for her predicament. He said that it has failed…