LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a landmark move to protect children, especially girls, from forced marriages, a provincial assembly in Pakistan on Friday (Nov. 14) passed the Child Marriage Prohibition Bill. The Balochistan Child Marriages Restraint Act 2025 sets 18 as the legal age for marriage in Balochistan Province and introduces stern […]
Anti-Child Marriage Bill Passed in Province in Pakistan
Islamists rail against legislation in Balochistan.
November 17, 2025 By -
Christian Woman in Pakistan Accused of Blasphemy Wins Bail
Mother of small child jailed for more than a year.
November 10, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A high court in Pakistan has granted bail to a Christian woman imprisoned for more than a year over false accusations of blasphemy, her attorney said. Christian attorney Lazar Allah Rakha said that Lahore High Court Justice Asjad Javaid Ghural on Thursday (Nov. 6) ordered the release of […]
Oppressed Christian in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy
Fight against corruption results in false allegations, son says.
November 6, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian in Pakistan with mental health issues has been arrested and charged under blasphemy, terrorism and sedition laws, sources said. Police arrested Rasheed Masih, 48, on Aug. 6 and on allegations that he intended to incite religious tensions by recording a video against Islam and the government. […]
Police in India Arrest Pastor after Hindu Extremist Attack
Assailants try to force church leader to teach about their gods.
November 4, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – When a Hindu extremist mob assaulted Christian men, women and children during a church service in India in late September, police jailed the pastor and charged him and four other Christians, sources said. In Rajasthan state’s Hanumangarh District, several Hindu women intruded into the church building in Nohar city followed […]
Christians in India Cleared of False Forcible Conversion Charges
Lives of victims of concocted allegations devastated.
November 3, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – India’s Supreme Court on Oct. 17 quashed all criminal proceedings against Christians falsely accused of mass religious conversions, delivering a scathing rebuke to authorities for using the criminal justice system as a “tool of harassment of innocent persons.” Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra’s 158-page judgment vindicated Pastor Vijay […]
Probe of Anti-Christian Violence in Jaranwala, Pakistan Rejected
Hopes for justice dim for victims of attacks.
November 3, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Hopes for justice for victims of 2023 attacks on Christians in Jaranwala town, Pakistan ostensibly ended when a high court on Oct. 22 rejected all petitions filed by individuals and Christian groups seeking a judicial investigation, sources said. After a delay of two years, Lahore High Court Justice […]
Blind Christian in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy
Objecting to harassment results in false, serious allegation.
October 31, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A 49-year-old blind Christian in Pakistan has been arrested and charged with blasphemy, punishable by death, after a Muslim accused him of insulting Islam’s prophet, his mother said. Martha Yousaf, the nearly 80-year-old mother of Nadeem Masih, said that Waqas Mazhar and other Muslims often harassed her son, […]
Christian in Pakistan Wins Faith Change on National ID Card
Court grants rare exception to system that favors Islam.
October 28, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A 22-year-old Christian man in Pakistan has won a seven-month legal battle to have his religious designation corrected on his national identity card. In a systemic issue that has deep legal and social consequences for Pakistan’s vulnerable minority communities, Bahawalpur Civil Judge Anam Younis on Oct. 17 directed […]
Moves to Curb Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Surface
Proposed changes, crackdown on TLP indicate resolve.
October 27, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A massive crackdown on an Islamist religio-political party and a recent announcement by Pakistan’s law minister suggest authorities have resolved to make procedural changes to controversial blasphemy laws, sources said. The goal of such changes would be to prevent people from being falsely accused of blasphemy, which in […]
Police in Pakistan Clash with Islamic Extremist Party
Officials seek to ban TLP.
October 20, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christians in Pakistan expressed cautious relief after a massive crackdown last week on a Muslim extremist political party that has wreaked violence on Christians and other religious minorities. The Punjab Province government on Oct. 13 initiated a large-scale, pre-dawn operation to dismantle potentially violent protests by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik […]