LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan allegedly failed to act after a 14-year-old Christian girl was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married to a Muslim man despite official documents showing she is a minor, her father and legal counsel said. Basharat Masih, a daily wage laborer from Chak 47/12-L village […]
Police Said to Enable Abuse of Christian Girl in Pakistan
Officers, courts ignore evidence of forced conversion/marriage.
February 20, 2026 By -
Christian’s Poverty Used to Force Conversion to Islam in Pakistan
Children stuck with Muslim designation on ID cards.
February 18, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A brick kiln worker’s forced conversion to Islam in Pakistan’s national database has left his five children unable to have their Christian faith designated on their national identity cards, his son said. Sufyan Masih, who works at a kiln in Phoolnagar, Kasur District in Punjab Province, said that […]
Blind Christian Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan Denied Bail
Attorney cites discrepancies in false charge.
February 16, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A high court in Pakistan this month rejected bail for a blind Christian charged with blasphemy despite significant discrepancies in the police report and prosecution testimonies, his attorney said. Attorney Javed Sahotra said Justice Muhammad Jawad Zafar of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Feb. 4 dismissed the […]
Legislation to Combat Child Marriages Signed in Punjab, Pakistan
Landmark ordinance sets minimum age at 18 for both sexes.
February 12, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a landmark move welcomed by Christian rights advocates, the governor of Pakistan’s Punjab Province on Wednesday (Feb. 11) signed into law an ordinance raising the minimum legal age of marriage to 18 and making child marriage a non-bailable offense punishable by up to seven years in prison. […]
Two Christian Nurses in Pakistan Acquitted of Blasphemy
Verdict comes after nearly four years in hiding.
February 5, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan has acquitted two Catholic nurses who have been in hiding for nearly four years after they were charged with blasphemy in 2021, rights advocates said. Nurse Mariam Lal and student nurse Navish Arooj were arrested on April 9, 2021, and charged under Section […]
Muslim Kidnapper of Christian Girl in Pakistan Given Custody, Sources Say
Court rejects birth certificate, fake marriage finding, attorney says.
February 3, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A federal court in Pakistan on Tuesday (Feb. 3) gave custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl to a Muslim who kidnapped and forcibly converted and married her, sources said. The parents of Maria Shahbaz were devastated at the ruling after the two-judge bench of the newly constituted Federal […]
Pastor Assaulted in India Felt Police Left Him to Die
Hindu nationalists force him to worship Hindu deity.
January 29, 2026 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – As police looked on, a Hindu nationalist mob in India this month subjected a pastor to dehumanizing brutality, damaging his hearing and trying to force him to worship a Hindu deity, sources said. The mob of 150 villagers led by cow vigilantes garlanded with footwear Pastor Bipin Bihari Naik, 35, […]
Muslim in Pakistan Sets Christian on Fire over Petty Dispute
‘Shockingly disproportionate’ attack indicates religious factor.
January 29, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Catholic suffered severe burn injuries after a Muslim neighbor allegedly doused him with petrol and set him on fire following a minor dispute, his attorney said. Zahid Morris, 36, a father of two and a resident of Bahawalpur city in Punjab Province, was attacked on Jan. 21 […]
Body Exhumed Due to Burial on Christians’ Land in India
Tribal villagers attack home, church buildings.
January 19, 2026 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Officials in India exhumed the body of a tribal man without his sons’ consent after villagers attacked Christians for burying it on land of Christian relatives, arguing that it would insult their deity, sources said. The exhumation of the body in Chhattisgarh state’s Kanker District last month without the consent […]
Court in Pakistan Orders Recovery of Kidnapped Christian Girl
Family of forcibly converted/married 13-year-old hopeful.
January 15, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – After multiple setbacks for a Christian family in Pakistan striving to recover their forcibly married/converted 13-year-old daughter, a federal court on Friday (Jan. 9) ordered police to find and present her and the Muslim who kidnapped her, sources said. A two-judge bench of the newly constituted Federal Constitutional […]