LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The Supreme Court of Pakistan today (June 25) ordered the acquittal of an elderly Christian on death row for 23 years on a blasphemy conviction, declaring that a person of unsound mind could not be held liable for such a crime, his lawyer said. Supreme Court attorney Rana […]
Christian Acquitted after 23 Years on Death Row for ‘Blasphemy’
Muslims in Pakistan used his merely factual letter to silence him.
June 25, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
Christian Girl Kidnapped for Two Years in Pakistan Escapes
Torture, sexual assault and forcible conversion at hands of Muslim ‘husband.’
June 24, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian girl who this month escaped the Muslim who kidnapped her said he forcibly converted her to Islam and repeatedly sexually assaulted her as his “wife.” Muskan Liaqat was 14 years old when she was kidnapped at gunpoint from her home in Muridke, Sheikhupura District, by Muhammad […]
Christian Mother in Pakistan Raped at Gunpoint
Muslim pressured her to convert to Islam and marry her, she says.
June 24, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian mother of five children in Pakistan was raped at gunpoint by a Muslim who had been harassing and pressuring her to convert to Islam and marry him, her husband said. The 36-year-old woman was alone in her house in Chak No. 134/16L village in Mian Channu, […]
Christian Girl in Pakistan Abducted, Forcibly Converted/Married
Police take no action, rights advocate says.
June 23, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police have taken no action in the forcible conversion/marriage of a Christian girl kidnapped in Pakistan on June 11, a rights advocate said. Elishba Adnan, 14, was taken from her home by a 26-year-old Muslim, Babar Mukhtar, said Albert Patras, a rights advocate based in Vehari District of […]
Blasphemy Laws Misused to Seize Religious Minorities’ Property in Pakistan: HRW
Vulnerable communities displaced.
June 16, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are being systematically misused to target religious minorities, dispossess the poor and settle personal and economic disputes, according to a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report. Blasphemy accusations are increasingly weaponized to incite mob violence, displace vulnerable communities and seize their property with impunity, states […]
Christian Falsely Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan Is Acquitted
28-year-old entrapped in false complaint.
June 13, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A judge in Pakistan on Thursday (June 12) acquitted a Christian of blasphemy and terrorism charges after the prosecution failed to prove its case against him, his lawyer said. Attorney Kashif Nemat said that Sahiwal District and Sessions Judge Zia Ullah Khan, who also presides over the anti-terrorism […]
Court in Pakistan Acquits Muslims Accused in Jaranwala Attacks
Attorney cites defective police investigation.
June 6, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Defective police investigation resulted in the acquittal of 10 Muslims involved in burning a church building and ransacking a Christian’s home during the Aug. 16, 2023 riots in Jaranwala, Pakistan, an attorney said. Despite strong evidence against them, Faisalabad Anti-Terrorism Judge Javed Iqbal Sheikh on Wednesday (June 4) […]
Bill to Curb Child Marriages Signed into Law in Pakistan
Proponents overcome fierce opposition from Islamists.
May 30, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Despite fierce opposition from Islamist groups in Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari on late Thursday night (May 29) signed into law a landmark bill to curb child marriage, setting the minimum age for marriage for both genders at 18 years in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). “The Islamabad […]
Bill Criminalizing Child Marriage in Pakistan Rejected as ‘Un-Islamic’
Council of Islamic Ideology opposes legislation passed by parliament.
May 28, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s top Islamic body on Tuesday (May 27) rejected a bill that seeks to criminalize child marriages in Islamabad, describing it as “un-Islamic.” The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) also declared a similar bill presented by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provincial government to be in conflict with sharia (Islamic […]
Muslim in Pakistan Gets Custody of Kidnapped Christian Girl
Judge ignores evident coercion behind victim’s statement of conversion.
May 24, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A judge in Pakistan on May 16 handed custody of a Catholic girl to the Muslim who kidnapped and forcibly married her despite evidence that she was coerced into stating she converted to Islam, her father said. “My daughter Jessica Iqbal couldn’t recite the Kalima [Islamic conversion proclamation] […]