LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Aneeqa Ishaq, a 16-year-old Christian girl in Lahore, Pakistan, took a job as a restaurant cashier for her family’s survival, but it ended with a coworker abducting her, forcing her to convert to Islam and coercing her to marry him, she said. “I only wanted to help my […]
Christian Girl Struggles to Void Forced Marriage in Pakistan
Muslim abducted her and forced her to convert to Islam, 16-year-old says.
August 6, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
Alleged Kidnapper Given Custody of Christian Girl in Pakistan
Judge ignores court-ordered medical exam to confirm age of 13-year-old.
July 29, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Saturday (July 25) handed custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl to the Muslim accused of abducting her, forcibly converting her to Islam and coercing her into marriage, a rights advocate said. The ruling came despite a pending court-ordered medical examination to determine her […]
Constitutional Court in Pakistan to Revisit Ruling on Married Girl
Forced marriage of kidnapped 13-year-old to be reviewed.
July 27, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
ISLAMABAD (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Friday (July 24) agreed to revisit its controversial ruling that upheld the marriage of a Muslim to a 13-year-old Christian girl allegedly abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married against her will. A two-member bench comprising Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi and Justice […]
Muslim Woman Gains Custody of Christian Girl in Pakistan
Suspect accused of abducting and forcibly converting/marrying 16-year-old.
July 24, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan has handed custody of a 16-year-old Christian girl to an unrelated Muslim woman after the minor was recovered from a Muslim accused of abducting, forcibly converting and marrying her, her family’s attorney said. The ruling came despite an earlier judicial finding that the minor […]
Christians Imprisoned under India’s ‘Anti-Conversion’ Law
Six pastors among those accused at child’s birthday party.
July 23, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Six pastors and another Christian in India have begun serving their five-year prison sentences under an “anti-conversion” law, two years after they were falsely accused at a child’s birthday party, sources said. The Christians were convicted on June 12 of “promoting enmity, hatred, or disharmony between different religious groups,” “deliberate […]
Court in Pakistan to Consider Hearing Case of Abducted Christian Girl
Family hopes to regain custody from alleged kidnapper.
July 21, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – After multiple legal setbacks, relatives of a Christian girl who was forcibly converted to Islam and married to her Muslim kidnapper are hoping Pakistan’s highest constitutional court will revisit a controversial ruling that upheld the marriage, her family’s lawyer said. Supreme Court Advocate Muhammad Saqib Jillani said that […]
Court Acquits Men Convicted of Killing Christian Couple in Pakistan
Victims burned alive were falsely accused of blasphemy.
July 15, 2026 By - 1 Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court last week overturned the death sentences of the remaining three men convicted in the 2014 lynching of a Christian couple burned alive after being falsely accused of blasphemy, sources said. Christian attorney Basharat Masih, who attended the hearing at the Supreme Court’s principal seat in […]
Majority of Blasphemy Cases in Pakistan ‘Fabricated,’ Officials Say
Senate committee receives report on four provinces.
July 13, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Officials in Pakistan last week reported to a parliamentary committee that a majority of 333 blasphemy cases registered in the past five years in four provinces were fabricated, according to media reports. The fabricated cases included those involving Christians and other religious minorities, provincial home secretaries and senior […]
Protest Erupts in Pakistan after Christian Framed for ‘Blasphemy’
Desecrated page of Quran mailed to incite Muslim mob, sources say.
July 10, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A violent protest erupted in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday (July 9) after unidentified persons mailed a desecrated page of the Quran to a Muslim shopkeeper along with photographs of a Christian and his mother, sources said. Asif Bastian, a Karachi-based Christian rights advocate, said the envelope was delivered […]
Tensions Inflamed by Blasphemy Accusation in Pakistan
Relatives of pastor compelled to issue apology.
July 7, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – More than two dozen Christian families were forced to flee their homes in Pakistan last week after allegations of blasphemy against a pastor living in the United States triggered fears of mob violence, sources said. Joseph Nayyar, a human rights advocate in Hafizabad, Gujranwala Division, Punjab Province, said […]